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Chronic cough
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DDx
- Top 3 causes: postnasal drip, asthma, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
Don’t miss
- Pertussis
Pulmonary infectious
- Postviral
- Bronchitis, especially in smokers
- Bronchiectasis
- Tuberculosis
- Cystic fibrosis
- Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)
- Pertussis
- Mycoplasma
- Chlamydia
- Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
- Parasites, eg, ascariasis, paragonimiasis
Pulmonary noninfectious
- Asthma (cough-variant asthma)
- Beta-blockers causing asthma
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- ACE inhibitors
- Irritant inhalation, eg, smoking
- Endobronchial lesion, eg, tumor
- Interstitial lung disease
- Sarcoidosis
- Chronic microaspiration
Nonpulmonary
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Postnasal drip (allergic rhinitis)
- Sinusitis
- Congestive heart failure (CHF)
- Laryngitis
- Ear canal or tympanic membrane irritation
- Psychogenic or habit cough
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DDx
- Top 3 causes: postnasal drip, asthma, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
Don’t miss
- Pertussis
Pulmonary infectious
- Postviral
- Bronchitis, especially in smokers
- Bronchiectasis
- Tuberculosis
- Cystic fibrosis
- Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)
- Pertussis
- Mycoplasma
- Chlamydia
- Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
- Parasites, eg, ascariasis, paragonimiasis
Pulmonary noninfectious
- Asthma (cough-variant asthma)
- Beta-blockers causing asthma
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- ACE inhibitors
- Irritant inhalation, eg, smoking
- Endobronchial lesion, eg, tumor
- Interstitial lung disease
- Sarcoidosis
- Chronic microaspiration
Nonpulmonary
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Postnasal drip (allergic rhinitis)
- Sinusitis
- Congestive heart failure (CHF)
- Laryngitis
- Ear canal or tympanic membrane irritation
- Psychogenic or habit cough
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Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Chronic Cough." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2015. Medicine Central, im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114729/all/Chronic_cough.
Zeiger RFR. Chronic cough. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114729/all/Chronic_cough. Accessed March 26, 2023.
Zeiger, R. F. (2015). Chronic cough. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114729/all/Chronic_cough
Zeiger RFR. Chronic Cough [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. [cited 2023 March 26]. Available from: https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114729/all/Chronic_cough.
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