Cough·6: Which investigations are most useful in the diagnosis of chronic cough?

Thorax

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 342-346

  McGarvey, L P A ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANAMNESIS; ASTHMA; BREATH ANALYSIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMPIRICISM; EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; RHINITIS; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; INHALATION TEST; METHODOLOGY; PARANASAL SINUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY; SPUTUM;

BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COUGH; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NITRIC OXIDE; PARANASAL SINUSES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1942533643     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.021832     Document Type: Review

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