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Chronic Cough 2 Management of chronic cough
Cough that remains unexplained after basic clinical assessment is a common reason for referral to secondary care. Much of the evidence about management of isolated chronic cough is derived from case series; this evidence suggests that isolated chronic cough is usually due to asthma, gastro-oesophageal refl ux disease, and upper airway conditions, and that it can be cured in most people by treat...
متن کاملChronic cough.
Chronic cough is often viewed as a difficult clinical problem. It can be physically and psychologically debilitating, occasionally leading to serious complications. Although there are many etiologies, an organized approach including focused history and physical examination, directed testing in select cases, and treatment trials lead to accurate, safe, and cost-effective diagnoses in most patien...
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This multi-author book has an ambitious title that promises more than the book delivers. The title would lead one to assume that the monograph covers most aspects of the control of breathing and its abnormalities in disease states. Unfortunately, that is not the case, and the coverage is selective, both in the basic physiology and the pathophysiology of the control of breathing. On the other ha...
متن کاملCough . 2: Chronic cough in children.
Chronic cough is a common problem in childhood. Viral infections are the most prevalent cause, but other rarer disorders should be excluded whenever cough appears unusually severe and/or frequent, and when there is evidence of failure to thrive and growth retardation. The younger the child, the more the need to exclude underlying disease at an early stage. Passive smoking is an important contri...
متن کامل[Changes in the spectrum and frequency of causes for chronic cough: a retrospective analysis].
OBJECTIVE To investigate the changing patterns of the spectrum and frequency of causes for chronic cough, and to explore its clinical implications. METHODS Nine hundred and forty patients consecutively referred to Department of Respiratory Medicine for evaluation of chronic cough between January 2004 and December 2008 were collected and divided into 5 groups by periods of 5 years. The causes ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Folia Pharmacologica Japonica
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0015-5691,1347-8397
DOI: 10.1254/fpj.131.402