Iconography : Evaluation of the Patient with Chronic CoughJoseph J BenichPeter J Carek
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The initial therapy that can be given to patients with CSOM is aural toilet. Education should always be given to the patient to keep his/her ear dry, open his/her mouth while sneezing or coughing, consult a doctor immediately if there any complaints of cough and colds. Ear canal cleaning ...
Clinical and Allergic Evaluation of the Patient with Bronchial AsthmaA diagnosis is usually in the details. Asthma is primarily an inflammatory disease of the bronchi with a bronchospastic component. The symptoms of bronchial asthma will suggest a wide variety of clinical conditions; the history is ...
A simple and effective method to assess different aspects of chronic cough severity is required. We aimed to develop a simple, self-completed test, Cough Evaluation Test (CET), to evaluate cough severity and its impact on health. Method The items of preliminary CET were generated based on ...
Chronic cough can be differentiated from acute cough by an arbitrary cutoff of 8 weeks (1). This distinction is helpful in clinical practice as the etiology and epidemiology of chronic cough are quite different from those of acute cough. However, when faced with a chronic cough patient, determi...
A simple and effective method to assess different aspects of chronic cough severity is required. We aimed to develop a simple, self-completed test, Cough Evaluation Test (CET), to evaluate cough severity and its impact on health. Method: The items of preliminary CET were generated based on ...
Palpation may elicit tenderness. If so, its exact location and the amount of pressure needed to produce pain is noted. In addition, the patient's nonverbal response to palpation, such as withdrawal or facial grimaces, should be observed. ...
Background The value of esophageal manometry and ambulatory pH monitoring before laparoscopic antireflux surgery (LARS) has been questioned because tailor... WW Chan,LR Haroian,CP Gyawali - 《Surgical Endoscopy》 被引量: 66发表: 2011年 Chronic Cough Due to Gastroesophageal Reflux in Adults: CHEST...
The study involved 17 patients withpulmonary diseases/complaints as follows: idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (n =6), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (n = 5), chronic cough (n = 3), and 1patient each with restrictive bronchiolitis, asthma, and pulmonaryhypertension. Overall, 10 of 17 (58%)...