Acute cough: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge
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Acute cough: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge
BACKGROUND Acute cough is one of the most common complaints prompting patient visits to healthcare professionals. Despite the broad repercussions of acute cough on patient quality of life, school and work productivity, and public health resources, research on this condition is minimal, as are the available treatment options. Many patients use over-the-counter medicines, which are often ineffect...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cough
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1745-9974
DOI: 10.1186/1745-9974-5-11