Jan Fuge, Christina Valtin, Tobias Welte, Martina Bönsch, Klaus Kenn, Sandra Winterkamp, Bernd Sczepanski, Andreas Rembert Koczulla
Routine-detected S. stercoralis infection was not an independent correlate of airway obstruction. The wide confidence interval, limited exposure ascertainment, and small infected subgroup mean that clinically important protective or harmful associations cannot be excluded.
Two simple factors, throat tightness and symptom onset within seconds, were the strongest predictors of VCD/ILO in this referral cohort, and may help clinicians prioritise patients with unexplained dyspnoea or cough for laryngoscopy https://bit.ly/4aTCsXN.