title: Cough-variant asthma in children and adults: case reports and review.
abstract: Two cases of cough-variant asthma are presented, one in an adult and one in a child. We discuss the diagnosis, treatment, and course of this common, yet often unrecognized entity. The keys to diagnosis are a typical history, clinical suspicion, and subsequent response to bronchodilator therapy. Treatment of cough-variant asthma is no different from that of classic asthma.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Emergency Department, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216-4505.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Pender
authors.forename: C V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Pollack
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000336:Aerosols; D000420:Albuterol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D001250:Asthma, Exercise-Induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D001985:Bronchial Provocation Tests; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003371:Cough / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010366:Peak Expiratory Flow Rate
chemical_list: D000336:Aerosols; D000420:Albuterol