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- Title
Evaluation of 563 children with chronic cough accompanied by a new clinical algorithm.
- Authors
Gedik, Ahmet Hakan; Cakir, Erkan; Torun, Emel; Demir, Aysegul Dogan; Kucukkoc, Mehmet; Erenberk, Ufuk; Uzuner, Selcuk; Nursoy, Mustafa; Ozkaya, Emin; Aksoy, Fadlullah; Gokce, Selim; Bahali, Kayhan
- Abstract
Background: This study aims to evaluate the children with chronic cough and to analyze their etiological factors according to the age groups. Method: Five hundred sixty-three children with chronic cough were included. The last diagnosis were established and were also emphasized according to the age groups. Results: 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. Conclusion: 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.
- Subjects
ASTHMA diagnosis; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD cell count; CHEST X rays; COUGH; PULMONARY function tests; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2015, Vol 41, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1720-8424
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s13052-015-0180-0