TY - JOUR T1 - Practical issues about sleep disorders and the diagnosis of chronic cough JF - Breathe JO - breathe SP - 114 LP - 115 DO - 10.1183/20734735.025210 VL - 7 IS - 2 AU - J. Escarrabill Y1 - 2010/12/01 UR - http://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/7/2/114.abstract N2 - This issue of Breathe has two main topics. On the one hand, three articles deal with sleep disorders and, on the other hand, one article discusses important clinical issues in chronic cough.Sleep disorders have a significant clinical impact, with both health and socially relevant importance. The high number of patients suffering from these problems (in some cases with life-threatening symptoms) and the burden on healthcare organisations related to the impact of long-term cost justify the interest in sleep respiratory disorders. The social impact relates to traffic, domestic and workplace accidents that are directly related to sleep disorders.Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is one of the fundamental bases for sleep disorder treatment in adults. Closing the circle of detection, diagnosis, degree of pressure and compliance is sometimes very complex. The variability across different European countries probably responds to the different solutions adopted in … ER -