title: Contemporary management of chronic persistent cough.
abstract: A chronic persistent cough is one that lasts longer than eight weeks in a patient without known chronic pulmonary disease. These patients may experience prolonged frustration, guilt and self-imposed social isolation, besides risking the medical and surgical complications of recurrent coughing episodes, if the cause of their cough is not quickly established and treated. A comprehensive discussion of the management approach to this problem with reference to the recent literature is presented.
authors.affiliation: Harry S. Truman Memorial Veteran's Hospital, Columbia, MO 65201.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Shuttari
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Braun
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003371:Cough / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged