The diagnosis and treatment of acute cough in adults;Diagnoseund therapie des akuten hustens bei erwachsenen

Deutsches Arzteblatt International

Volumn 111, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 356-363

  Holzinger, Felix ^a   Beck, Sabine ^a   Dini, Lorena ^a   Stöter, Christiane ^a   Heintze, Christoph ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; EXPECTORANT AGENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT;

ACUTE COUGH; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONSENSUS; COUGHING; DRUG CHOICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SPUTUM EXAMINATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; COUGH; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERMANY; MALE; PULMONOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; STANDARDS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; COUGH; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PULMONARY MEDICINE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AGENTS;

EID: 84902316311     PISSN: 18660452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2014.0356     Document Type: Article

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