title: [Chronic cough--etiological diagnosis problems].
abstract: Chronic cough is a common problem in patients who visit physicians. The three most common causes of persistence cough in nonsmokers who were not taking an ACE inhibitor and who had a normal or stable chest radiograph are: postnasal drip, asthma and gastroesophageal reflux. After a viral upper respiratory infection, it takes sometimes seven weeks for bronchial airway hyperreactivity to return to normal. By using a standard protocol, 95 percent of patients with chronic cough can be managed successfully but in some cases it may take even five months or more to determine a diagnosis and effective treatment.
authors.affiliation: Spitalul Clinic de Pneumologie Iaşi.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grigoraş
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003371:Cough / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis