GuidelineChest2020
Acute Cough Due to Acute Bronchitis in Immunocompetent Adult Outpatients: CHEST Expert Panel Report.
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- The impacts of air pollution on daily hospitalizations for acute bronchitis in children: a perspective from the coastal city of Shantou, China.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Impact of Education on Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescription for Respiratory Tract Infection Based on Physicians' Justifications: A Web-Based Survey in Japan.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- How and when to manage respiratory infections out of hospital.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2022Review
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- Behavioral Economics and Ambulatory Antibiotic Stewardship: A Narrative Review.Clinical therapeutics · 2021Review
- Outpatient prescribing pattern for acute bronchitis in primary healthcare settings in China.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2021Article
- Efficacy and Safety of GHX02 in the Treatment of Acute Bronchitis and Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Bronchitis: A Phase Ⅱ, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Trial.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2021Article
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8 authors at 8 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundEvidence for the diagnosis and management of cough due to acute bronchitis in immunocompetent adult outpatients was reviewed as an update to the 2006 "Chronic Cough Due to Acute Bronchitis: American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines."
methodsAcute bronchitis was defined as an acute lower respiratory tract infection manifested predominantly by cough with or without sputum production, lasting no more than 3 weeks with no clinical or any recent radiographic evidence to suggest an alternative explanation. Two clinical population, intervention, comparison, outcome questions were addressed by systematic review in July 2017: (1) the role of investigations beyond the clinical assessment of patients presenting with suspected acute bronchitis, and (2) the efficacy and safety of prescribing medication for cough in acute bronchitis. An updated search was undertaken in May 2018.
resultsNo eligible studies relevant to the first question were identified. For the second question, only one relevant study met eligibility criteria. This study found no difference in number of days with cough between patients treated with an antibiotic or an oral nonsteroidal antiinflammatory agent compared with placebo. Clinical suggestions and research recommendations were made based on the consensus opinion of the CHEST Expert Cough Panel.
conclusionsThe panelists suggested that no routine investigations be ordered and no routine medications be prescribed in immunocompetent adult outpatients first presenting with cough due to suspected acute bronchitis, until such investigations and treatments have been shown to be safe and effective at making cough less severe or resolve sooner. If the cough due to suspected acute bronchitis persists or worsens, a reassessment and consideration of targeted investigations should be considered.
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