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Original ResearchCoughEvaluation of Chronic Cough in Children
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Materials and Methods
Patients presenting to Dr. Behcet Uz Child Disease and Surgery Education and Research Hospital with chronic cough between November 2006 and May 2007 were included in the study. Chronic cough was defined as cough lasting > 4 weeks. Initially, a detailed medical history of the patient was obtained and a physical examination was completed. The duration and characteristics of the cough, wheezing, allergy, sinusitis and respiratory tract infection, and the presence of smoking exposure, atopy, and
Results
One hundred eight patients between 6 and 14 years of age, 56 of whom were women, were included. Of all patients, 61 patients (56.4%) were passive smokers, 56 patients (51.8%) had wet cough, 52 patients (48.2%) had dry cough, and 32 patients (29.6%) had a family history of atopic disease (demographic data for the patients are presented in Table 1).
According to the 2006 ACCP guidelines,17 after the physical examination and medical history a respiratory function test and chest radiograph were
Discussion
This is the first study that has aimed to evaluate children with chronic cough according to the 2006 ACCP guidelines.17 We have detected that asthma, asthma-like symptoms, protracted bronchitis, and UACS are the most common reasons for chronic cough in children 6 to 14 years of age.
In adults, it was shown that diagnoses could be made in > 90% of patients and > 85% of patients could be treated successfully using an algorithmic approach.13 In 1998, the ACCP recommended7 a similar protocol for
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