Classification of Cough as a Symptom in Adults and Management Algorithms: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report

• Published in: Chest Vol. 153; no. 1; p. 196
• Main Authors: Irwin, Richard S, French, Cynthia L, Chang, Anne B, Altman, Kenneth W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.2018
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Adult; Algorithms; Asthma - complications; Chronic Disease; Consensus; Cough - classification; Cough - etiology; Cough - therapy; Humans; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - complications; Respiratory Tract Infections - complications; management algorithms for acute, subacute, and chronic cough in adults; guidelines; cough; evidence-based medicine

We performed systematic reviews using the population, intervention, comparison, outcome (PICO) format to answer the following key clinical question: Are the CHEST 2006 classifications of acute, subacute and chronic cough and associated management algorithms in adults that were based on durations of...