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.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | S33-S40 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Lung |
| Volume | 188 |
| Issue number | SUPPL. |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2010 |
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Pediatric Cough : Children are not miniature adults. / Chang, Anne B.
In: Lung, Vol. 188, No. SUPPL., 01.01.2010, p. S33-S40.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Pediatric Cough
T2 - Children are not miniature adults
AU - Chang, Anne B.
PY - 2010/1/1
Y1 - 2010/1/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Children
KW - Cough
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U2 - 10.1007/s00408-009-9166-2
DO - 10.1007/s00408-009-9166-2
M3 - Article
VL - 188
SP - S33-S40
JO - Lung: an international journal on lungs, airways and breathing
JF - Lung: an international journal on lungs, airways and breathing
SN - 0341-2040
IS - SUPPL.
ER -