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OBJECTIVE To review the literature on cough and the common cold. METHODS MEDLINE was searched through May 2004 for studies published in the English language since 1980 on human subjects using the medical subject heading terms "cough" and "common cold." Selected case series and prospective descriptive clinical trials were reviewed. Additional references from these studies that were pertinent t...

OBJECTIVES To impart a call for further research into the identified domains of particular interest in the etiology, management, and treatment of cough. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY A literature review was performed using the search term "cough" in PubMed between 1983 and 2004. The final draft of this guideline was reviewed, in addition to recent studies on cough, and suggestions provided by the author...

Introduction: Chronic cough is a common problem in childhood. Simple viral infections can cause chronic cough, as well underlying progressive diseases. For this reason, guidelines that be applied clinical practice are very valuable. In our study, we aimed to evaluate school-age patients with the light of literature.
 Material Method:
 The files children over age 6 who pediatric allerg...

Introduction: Persistent postinfectious cough (PPC) is a cough that persists longer than 3 weeks or perhaps for many months after a common cold or an upper respiratory tract infection (URTI). PPC has poor response to routine treatment modalities, so it can be a vexing problem for the patient and the physician alike. Our hypothesis was that honey and/or coffee have some beneficial effects in th...

BACKGROUND Postinfectious cough (PIC) significantly affects cough-related quality of life but still lacks effective treatments. This study aims to investigate the efficacy of QingfengGanke granule (QFGKG) in treating PIC induced by pathogenic wind invading lungs syndrome. METHODS A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial was conducted. A total of 180 eligible ...