1. Evaluation of 563 children with chronic cough accompanied by a new clinical algorithm
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Mehmet Kucukkoc, Erkan Cakir, Aysegul Dogan Demir, Ahmet Hakan Gedik, Mustafa Atilla Nursoy, Emel Torun, Kayhan Bahali, Fadlullah Aksoy, Emin Ozkaya, Selcuk Uzuner, Ufuk Erenberk, Selim Gökçe, and UZUNER, SELÇUK
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Male ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Turkey ,Age groups ,chronic cough ,Chronic cough ,medicine ,Psychogenic disease ,Humans ,Cough algorithm ,Protracted bacterial bronchitis ,Child ,Asthma ,business.industry ,Research ,Infant ,medicine.disease ,Clinical algorithm ,respiratory tract diseases ,Cough ,Child, Preschool ,Chronic Disease ,Etiology ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,Airway ,business ,Algorithms - 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.
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