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Cough in children
Author(s) -
Chang Anne B,
Robertson Colin F
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2000.tb127937.x
Subject(s) - productive cough , medicine , spirometry , dry cough , intensive care medicine , chronic cough , respiratory system , disease , pediatrics , asthma , lung , pathology
Cough is a common presenting problem in children. A persistent moist or productive cough is always abnormal. The history, examination, chest x‐ray and spirometry usually provide clues to specific causes of cough. Non‐specific cough, defined as a non‐productive or dry cough in the absence of identifiable respiratory disease, is poorly understood. We briefly discuss major controversies in non‐specific cough and its management in children.