A paper that changed my practice: S McKenzie. Cough but is it asthma? Arch Dis Child 1994;70:1-2.
Most doctors can identify key papers that have influenced their approach to the management of a particular clinical problem, although sometimes the gestation period of this effect can be very prolonged. In this short review I discuss the effects of a seminal paper by Sheila Mackenzie from the early 1990s on my current approach to the diagnosis and management of chronic cough in children.
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Department of Respiratory Paediatrics, Regional Cardiothoracic Centre, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK. david.spencer@nuth.northy.nhs.uk
D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003371:Cough / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans
D001993:Bronchodilator Agents