Cough resident survival guide

Cough; Resident Survival Guide
Overview
Causes
FIRE
Diagnosis
Treatment
Do's
Don'ts

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Sara Haddadi, M.D.[2]

Overview

Causes

Common Causes

Diagnosis

Shown below is an algorithm summarizing the diagnosis of cough according to the American College of Chest Physicians guidelines.^[1]

Acute Cough

History and physical

examination, ask about environmental and occupational factors and travel exposures

± investigations

Life-threatening diagnosis

Non-life-threatening diagnosis

Pneumonia, severe

exacerbation of asthma or COPD, PE, heart failure, other serious

disease

Infections

Exacerbation of pre-existing condition

LRTI

URTI

Asthma

Bronchiectasis

UACS

COPD

Evaluate and treat first

Acute Bronchitis

Pertussis

Consider TB in

endemic areas

or high risk

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A01

C01

C02

C03

X

B01

D01

D02

D03

D04

D05

E01

E02

Treatment

Shown below is an algorithm summarizing the treatment of [[disease name]] according the the [...] guidelines.

Do's

The content in this section is in bullet points.

Don'ts

The content in this section is in bullet points.

References

↑ Irwin RS, French CL, Chang AB, Altman KW, CHEST Expert Cough Panel* (2018). "Classification of Cough as a Symptom in Adults and Management Algorithms: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report". Chest. 153 (1): 196–209. doi:10.1016/j.chest.2017.10.016. PMC 6689094 Check |pmc= value (help). PMID 29080708.

[pmid29080708-1] Irwin RS, French CL, Chang AB, Altman KW, CHEST Expert Cough Panel* (2018). "Classification of Cough as a Symptom in Adults and Management Algorithms: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report". Chest. 153 (1): 196–209. doi:10.1016/j.chest.2017.10.016. PMC 6689094 Check |pmc= value (help). PMID 29080708.

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