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

Respiratory Exam:

During this exam, the doctor takes the child's medical history and asks about any respiratory symptoms or previous illness. The doctor is observing the child's respiratory movement, during breathing. Also the doctor is listening with a stethoscope, for unusual breathing sounds, such as crackling or wheezing. He also taps on the child's chest.

Sputum Culture:

Lung Function Tests:

Spirometry

Bronchiodilator Challenge Test

Impulse Oscillometry

Exercise Challenge

Bronchoscopy

Chest X-ray

Treatment

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Do's

  • Saline nasal drops or sprays

Don'ts

  • never give asprin to kids

References


Template:WikiDoc Sources

The Nemours Foundation: "Cough Instruction Sheet."

American Academy of Pediatrics: "Cough"and "Treating Bronchiolitis in Infants

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