results bahaodowle razi, a persian physician from the 15th century anno domini (ad), reported two epidemics in harat and one in rey (inold persia) for the first time, one century before baillou. he named it as sorfe-ie-am (meaning public cough). those occurred during his lifetime. explaining about his observations and experiences about this epidemic, bahaodowle razi elaborated on prognosis, sym...

conclusions herbal compounds, such as zm mixtures, are acceptably efficacious in cough relief with fewer adverse effects than chemical compounds in the treatment of cold-related cough, especially in infants and younger children. patients and methods a total of 52 pediatric patients (2 - 12 years old) with common colds were included in the study. the patients were randomly divided into two treat...

chronic cough is a common problem in patients visiting physicians and its prevalence in different populations range from 3 to 40%. postnasal drip, asthma and gastroesophageal reflux are the known cause of chronic cough. although diagnosis of asthma is usually made by clinical signs and spirometeric results, methacholine challenge test is a good diagnostic test in patients who show normal physic...

intrathoracic gossypiboma, a retained surgical sponge in the thoracic cavity, is a rare but serious complication of thoracic surgeries. a 70-year-old man presented with an eight-month history of cough. he had undergone coronary artery bypass surgery eight years ago. the posteroanterior chest x-ray revealed a well-marginated homogeneous opacity at the left hemithorax with striped appearance in t...

background pertussis is a respiratory and contagious disease which is mostly caused by bordetella pertussis and b. parapertussis. it usually spreads from person to personduring the incubation or catarrhal phase of the disease. despite of large-scale vaccination, whooping cough is still an endemic disease with several outbreaks. objectives the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of...

background various attempts have been made to reduce the incidence of fentanyl-induced cough during anesthesia induction. we hypothesized that an appropriate dose of propofol might suppress fentanyl-induced cough. objectives a study had been designed to observe the effects of propofol on a fentanyl-induced cough during anesthesia induction. patients and methods we performed a randomized, double...