Vocal cord dysfunction/inducible laryngeal obstruction cannot be diagnosed from symptoms

The diagnosis of vocal cord dysfunction/inducible laryngeal obstruction (VCD/ILO) is challenging with ephemeral symptoms and varied clinical expressions [1, 2] which may overlap with asthma. To date it is not known if individual symptoms articulated by patients, or combinations thereof, can function as sensitive and specific indicators of the disorder and help to distinguish asthma. In this study we assessed patient-reported symptoms, as well as questionnaires in patients with suspected VCD/ILO confirmed by gold-standard laryngoscopy. Footnotes This manuscript has recently been accepted for publication in the ERJ Open Research . It is published here in its accepted form prior to copyediting and typesetting by our production team. After these production processes are complete and the authors have approved the resulting proofs, the article will move to the latest issue of the ERJOR online. Please open or download the PDF to view this article. Conflicts of interest : The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.