ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2019
Etiologies associated with chronic cough and its clinical characteristics in school-age children.
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- Guidelines on diagnosis and management of gastroesophageal reflux disease in infants, children and adolescents: a joint consensus from Italian pediatric societies (SIP and SIGENP) -part I. diagnosis.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2026Guideline
- Quality of life assessment tools for chronic cough in children: a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Beyond codeine - the evidence landscape of conventional, natural, and emerging antitussive therapies: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Article
- Etiologies of chronic cough in children: a two-year experience from a tertiary pediatric pulmonology center.Turkish journal of medical sciences · 2026Article
- WAO - ARIA consensus on chronic cough: Executive summary.The World Allergy Organization journal · 2025Review
- Tic Cough in an Adolescent with Organic Brain Pathology-A Case Report and Literature Review.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Associated Risk Factors and Diagnostic Value of Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy for Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis in Children.International journal of clinical practice · 2023Article
- WAO-ARIA consensus on chronic cough - Part II: Phenotypes and mechanisms of abnormal cough presentation -The World Allergy Organization journal · 2021Review
- The Role of Respiratory Flora in the Pathogenesis of Chronic Respiratory Diseases.BioMed research international · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundTo comprehensively evaluate the etiology of chronic cough and the value of clinical feature in school age children in Suzhou, China.
methodsSchool-age (6-14 years) children newly referred with chronic cough (>4 weeks) were prospectively evaluated by utilizing a diagnostic algorithm in this study. Clinical features of different etiologies of chronic cough were also investigated.
resultsIn total, 118 patients were enrolled in the study. The cough duration ranged from 1 to 76 months. Upper airway cough syndrome (UACS) was found in 77 (65.3%) patients with chronic cough, cough-variant asthma (CVA) in 57 (48.3%) patients, protracted bronchitis (PB) in 15 (12.7%) patients, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in 7 (5.9%) patients, tic disorders (TD) in 3 (2.5%) patients and eosinophilic bronchitis (EB) in 2 (1.7%) patients. A single etiology was present in 75 patients and multiple etiologies were present in 43 patients. The three most common single etiologies were UACS (31.4%), CVA (14.4%), and PB (10.2%), followed by GERD (5.9%), and EB (1.7%). The most common multiple etiology was CVA + UACS (31.4%), followed by CVA + PB (2.5%), and TD + UACS (2.5%).
conclusionsThe common etiologies of chronic cough in school-age children were UACS, CVA, and PB, while EB and GERD were rare.
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