title: Pediatric cough: what the otolaryngologist needs to know.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Pediatric cough is a common complaint in 35% of preschool children and 9% of 7-11-year-olds. The cause of the cough is often elusive. This review article presents a framework from which to approach the pediatric patient with chronic cough.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The cause of cough in the pediatric patient is often allergy, postnasal drip, asthma, or infection. The existence of cough-variant asthma has been brought into question and evidence is detailed in this article.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The treatment of chronic cough in a pediatric population should be approached from a multidisciplinary team consisting of pulmonologists, gastroenterologists, allergists, immunologists and otolaryngologists. Once a specific diagnosis is determined, treatment should be specific to that diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Millcreek Community Hospital, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 16508, USA.
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: Jack B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Anon
authors.forename: Phil
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gallagher
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D057045:Laryngopharyngeal Reflux / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis