Cough and asthma diagnosis: Physicians' diagnosis and treatment of patients complaining of acute, subacute and chronic cough in rural areas of Japan

International Journal of General Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 101-107

  Yamasaki, Akira ^a   Hanaki, Keichi ^a   Tomita, Katsuyuki ^b   Watanabe, Masanari ^a   Hasagawa, Yasuyuki ^a   Okazaki, Ryota ^a   Yamamura, Miki ^a   Fukutani, Kouji ^c   Sugimoto, Yuji ^d   Kato, Kazuhiro ^c   Kodani, Masahiro ^e   Ikeda, Toshikazu ^f   Konishi, Tatsuya ^g   Kawasaki, Yuji ^h   Tokuyasu, Hirokazu ^h   Yajima, Hiroki ^b   Sejima, Hitoshi ⁱ   Isobe, Takeshi ⁱ   Shimizu, Eiji ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hakuai Hospital   (Japan)

^c SAN IN ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Tottori Prefectural Central Hospital   (Japan)

^e Tottori Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^f National Hospital Organization Matsue National Hospital 5 8 31   (Japan)

^g Matsue City Hospital   (Japan)

^h MATSUE RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁱ SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cough; Cough variant asthma; Diagnostic procedures

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR; LONG ACTING DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COUGH VARIANT ASTHMA; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; JAPAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RURAL AREA; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 77953430431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/ijgm.s8167     Document Type: Article

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