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Cough

AUTHOR:
Joseph Mort
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
  1. Develop a differential diagnosis for a patient presenting with cough.
  2. Classify a cough as acute, subacute, or chronic based on duration of symptoms.
  3. List the initial diagnostic workup indicated for a patient presenting with cough based on the presence or absence of associated symptoms.
  4. List medications that are used for symptomatic treatment of cough.
Section
AccessMedicine > Symptom to Diagnosis: An Evidence-Based Guide, 4e > Approach to the Patient with Cough and congestion - Case 1 > CONSTRUCTING A DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
Section
AccessMedicine > Huppert’s Notes: Pathophysiology and Clinical Pearls for Internal Medicine > Approaches and Chief Complaints in Pulmonology > CHRONIC COUGH (>8 wk) IN IMMUNOCOMPETENT ADULTS
Case File
AccessMedicine > Graber and Wilbur’s Family Medicine Examination and Board Review, 5th Edition > Pulmonology Case 3.07 > Pulmonology Case 3.07
Case File
AccessMedicine > Vanderbilt Internal Medicine and Pediatric Curriculum > 15 > Croup

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