Cough resident survival guide (pediatrics)
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| Overview |
| Causes |
| FIRE |
| Diagnosis |
| Treatment |
| Do's |
| Don'ts |
Overview
Cough is a symptom and not a disease, it is a reflex that help your child to clear the airway from secretion, protects the airway from foreign body aspiration, and can be the manifesting symptoms of a disease. cough come in many types, including wet and dry.
Causes
Life Threatening Causes
There is no research on this topic.
Common Causes
Noninfectious causes
1.Asthma
- Hygiene hypothesis
- Genetic
- Medical condition
- exacerbation
2.Gastroesophageal reflux disease
3.Upper- airway cough syndrome 4.Smoking ( active or passive)
5.Nonasthmatic eosinophilic bronchitis
6.Cystic fibrosis
7.Forgien- body aspiration
8.Extrinsic airway compression
Infectious causes
1.Chronic sinusitis with upper-airway cough syndrome
2.Pyogenic bacterial pneumonia
3.Prolonged bacterial bronchitis
4.Tuberculosis
5.Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection
6.chlamydophila pnueumoniae infection
7.Pertussis
8.Respiratory viral infections ( influenza, adenovirus, rhinovirus, respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza)
FIRE: Focused Initial Rapid Evaluation
Complete Diagnostic Approach
Treatment
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Do's
- Call your doctor
Don'ts
- The content in this section is in bullet points.
References
The Nemours Foundation: "Cough Instruction Sheet."
American Academy of Pediatrics: "Cough"and "Treating Bronchiolitis in Infants