[Diagnosis and treatment of gastroesophageal reflux-related cough: consensus and controversies].

Typical reflux symptoms associated with gastroesophageal reflux-related cough have diagnostic implications. Questionnaires including these symptoms can be used as valuable screening tools for potential candidates. When reflux monitoring provides the objective evidence of abnormal reflux, the favorable response to anti-reflux therapy is essential for the diagnostic confirmation, in which anti-acid drugs are still the first-line choice. The benefits of neuromodulators in the treatment of refractory gastroesophageal reflux-related cough need to be further clarified. However, anti-reflux surgery may be a promising curative therapy for some patients with definitive surgical indications.