Pediatric Cough: Children Are Not Miniature Adults

Chang, Anne B. (2009). Pediatric Cough: Children Are Not Miniature Adults. Lung,188(Supplement 1):33-40.

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Title	Pediatric Cough: Children Are Not Miniature Adults
Author	Chang, Anne B.
Journal Name	Lung
Publication Date	2009
Volume Number	188
Issue Number	Supplement 1
ISSN	1432-1750 (check CDU catalogue )
Start Page	33
End Page	40
Total Pages	8
Place of Publication	US
Publisher	Springer New York LLC
HERDC Category	C2 - Journal Article - Other contributions to refereed journal (internal)
Abstract	Pediatric cough-related issues, like most other conditions in particularly young children, share similarities but also have substantial important differences with adults. These can be understood from physiologically based domains simplified to (1) cough-specific, (2) general respiratory, (3) other direct systems such as the immune system, and (4) other general physiology. Among other reasons, these result in observed differences in etiology, management, and measurement of response between children and adults. For example, while empirical therapy for chronic cough is widely advocated for adults, it is not advocated for children. Indeed, there is some evidence that an empirical approach is potentially harmful; this is related to the use of medications and the delay in obtaining a correct diagnosis such as missed foreign body aspiration.
Keywords	cough children
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00408-009-9166-2 (check subscription with CDU E-Gateway service for CDU Staff and Students )

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