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Vocal cord dysfunction

MedGen UID:
678579
Concept ID:
C0859897
Finding
Synonyms: Dysfunction, Vocal Cord; Dysfunctions, Vocal Cord; Paradoxical Vocal Fold Motion; Paradoxical Vocal Fold Motion Disorder; Vocal Cord Dysfunction; Vocal Cord Dysfunctions
SNOMED CT: Vocal cord dysfunction (134290008)
 
HPO: HP:0031801

Definition

Any functional anomaly of the vocal cord. [from HPO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Shaffer M, Litts JK, Nauman E, Haines J
Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 2018 May;38(2):293-302. Epub 2018 Mar 2 doi: 10.1016/j.iac.2018.01.003. PMID: 29631737
Pacheco A, de Diego A, Domingo C, Lamas A, Gutierrez R, Naberan K, Garrigues V, López Vime R
Arch Bronconeumol 2015 Nov;51(11):579-89. Epub 2015 Jul 10 doi: 10.1016/j.arbres.2015.03.019. PMID: 26165783
Weldon DR
Allergy Asthma Proc 2005 Sep-Oct;26(5):345-51. PMID: 16450567

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Lanier BQ, Tierce M 4th
Int Forum Allergy Rhinol 2015 Sep;5 Suppl 1:S57-60. doi: 10.1002/alr.21593. PMID: 26335837
Kuruvilla M, Khan DA
Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 2015 May;35(2):303-19. Epub 2015 Mar 3 doi: 10.1016/j.iac.2015.01.008. PMID: 25841553
Moser SE
Prim Care 2014 Mar;41(1):109-13. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2013.10.009. PMID: 24439885
Matrka L
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2014 Feb;47(1):135-46. Epub 2013 Oct 23 doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2013.08.014. PMID: 24286687
McCarty JC, Ferguson BJ
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2014 Feb;47(1):109-18. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2013.08.012. PMID: 24286684Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Pacheco A, de Diego A, Domingo C, Lamas A, Gutierrez R, Naberan K, Garrigues V, López Vime R
Arch Bronconeumol 2015 Nov;51(11):579-89. Epub 2015 Jul 10 doi: 10.1016/j.arbres.2015.03.019. PMID: 26165783
Kuruvilla M, Khan DA
Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 2015 May;35(2):303-19. Epub 2015 Mar 3 doi: 10.1016/j.iac.2015.01.008. PMID: 25841553
Moser SE
Prim Care 2014 Mar;41(1):109-13. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2013.10.009. PMID: 24439885
Matrka L
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2014 Feb;47(1):135-46. Epub 2013 Oct 23 doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2013.08.014. PMID: 24286687
Goldberg BJ, Kaplan MS
Curr Opin Pulm Med 2000 Jan;6(1):26-30. doi: 10.1097/00063198-200001000-00006. PMID: 10608422

Therapy

Melhorn J, Thomas J, Pavord ID
NEJM Evid 2023 Jan;2(1):EVIDe2200299. Epub 2022 Dec 27 doi: 10.1056/EVIDe2200299. PMID: 38320096
Picard M, Stone CA Jr, Greenhawt M
J Allergy Clin Immunol 2023 Feb;151(2):413-415. Epub 2022 Sep 9 doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2022.09.003. PMID: 36089078Free PMC Article
Pacheco A, de Diego A, Domingo C, Lamas A, Gutierrez R, Naberan K, Garrigues V, López Vime R
Arch Bronconeumol 2015 Nov;51(11):579-89. Epub 2015 Jul 10 doi: 10.1016/j.arbres.2015.03.019. PMID: 26165783
McCarty JC, Ferguson BJ
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2014 Feb;47(1):109-18. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2013.08.012. PMID: 24286684Free PMC Article
Goldberg BJ, Kaplan MS
Curr Opin Pulm Med 2000 Jan;6(1):26-30. doi: 10.1097/00063198-200001000-00006. PMID: 10608422

Prognosis

Ismail M, Ralls FM, Brown LK
Chest 2021 Mar;159(3):e163-e166. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.09.262. PMID: 33678286
You-Ten KE, Siddiqui N, Teoh WH, Kristensen MS
Can J Anaesth 2018 Apr;65(4):473-484. Epub 2018 Jan 18 doi: 10.1007/s12630-018-1064-8. PMID: 29349733
de Benedictis FM, de Benedictis D, Mirabile L, Pozzi M, Guerrieri A, Di Pillo S
Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2015 Sep;26(6):490-6. doi: 10.1111/pai.12421. PMID: 26059018
Matrka L
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2014 Feb;47(1):135-46. Epub 2013 Oct 23 doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2013.08.014. PMID: 24286687
McCarty JC, Ferguson BJ
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2014 Feb;47(1):109-18. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2013.08.012. PMID: 24286684Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Fujiki RB, Fujiki AE, Thibeault SL
Am J Otolaryngol 2024 Jan-Feb;45(1):104094. Epub 2023 Nov 5 doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2023.104094. PMID: 37948819Free PMC Article
Cohen JT, Benyamini L
J Laryngol Otol 2020 Mar;134(3):263-269. Epub 2020 Mar 4 doi: 10.1017/S0022215120000481. PMID: 32127077
You-Ten KE, Siddiqui N, Teoh WH, Kristensen MS
Can J Anaesth 2018 Apr;65(4):473-484. Epub 2018 Jan 18 doi: 10.1007/s12630-018-1064-8. PMID: 29349733
Adachi K, Umezaki T
Am J Otolaryngol 2017 Jan-Feb;38(1):1-6. Epub 2016 Sep 28 doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2016.09.010. PMID: 27931522
de Benedictis FM, de Benedictis D, Mirabile L, Pozzi M, Guerrieri A, Di Pillo S
Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2015 Sep;26(6):490-6. doi: 10.1111/pai.12421. PMID: 26059018

Recent systematic reviews

Slavych BK, Zraick RI, Ruleman A
J Voice 2024 Mar;38(2):544.e1-544.e14. Epub 2021 Nov 12 doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2021.09.032. PMID: 34782227
Mahoney J, Hew M, Vertigan A, Oates J
Clin Exp Allergy 2022 Mar;52(3):387-404. Epub 2021 Nov 4 doi: 10.1111/cea.14036. PMID: 34699093
Lee JH, An J, Won HK, Kang Y, Kwon HS, Kim TB, Cho YS, Moon HB, Song WJ, Hull JH
J Allergy Clin Immunol 2020 Apr;145(4):1165-1173. Epub 2020 Jan 12 doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2019.12.906. PMID: 31940470
Patel RR, Venediktov R, Schooling T, Wang B
Am J Speech Lang Pathol 2015 Aug;24(3):566-84. doi: 10.1044/2015_AJSLP-14-0120. PMID: 25836980
Quittner AL, Modi A, Cruz I
Paediatr Respir Rev 2008 Sep;9(3):220-32. Epub 2008 Jul 26 doi: 10.1016/j.prrv.2008.05.003. PMID: 18694714

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