Zulfiqar Rana, MD, MPH, FACP

Cough

Attendance requirements:

See the “Guidelines” section, please.

Objectives:

• Know the differential for this condition
• Know how to differentiate between different types of cough.
• Know how to approach a patient with a cough.
• Know basic signs, symptoms, and treatment of other medical conditions in the differential.

Required reading:

• Harrison’s chapter on cough
• UpToDate: Evaluation and treatment of subacute and chronic cough in adults. Please look at the algorithm (also in the “student slides” below).

Suggested reading:

Please use the text of your choice, e.g., UpToDate, Step-up to Medicine, Harrison’s, etc.

• Asthma,
• COPD,
• bronchiectasis
• pneumonia
• Post nasal drip
• GERD
• Reactive airway disease
• Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis 

Student Slides: