Title |
Evaluation of 563 children with chronic cough accompanied by a new clinical algorithm
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Published in |
Italian Journal of Pediatrics, October 2015
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DOI | 10.1186/s13052-015-0180-0 |
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Authors |
Ahmet Hakan Gedik, Erkan Cakir, Emel Torun, Aysegul Dogan Demir, Mehmet Kucukkoc, Ufuk Erenberk, Selcuk Uzuner, Mustafa Nursoy, Emin Ozkaya, Fadlullah Aksoy, Selim Gokce, Kayhan Bahali |
Abstract |
This study aims to evaluate the children with chronic cough and to analyze their etiological factors according to the age groups. Five hundred sixty-three children with chronic cough were included. The last diagnosis were established and were also emphasized according to the age groups. The mean age was 5.4 ± 3.8 years (2-months-17-years) and 52 % of them were male. The most common final diagnosis from all the participants were: asthma (24.9 %), asthma-like symptoms (19 %), protracted bacterial bronchitis (PBB) (11.9 %), and upper airway cough syndrome (9.1 %). However, psychogenic cough was the second most common diagnosis in the subjects over 6 years of age. Asthma and asthma-like symptoms were the most common diagnosis in children. Different age groups in children may have a different order of frequencies. Psychogenic cough should be thought of in the common causes especially in older children. |
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