title: [Chronic cough].
abstract: In non-smokers without intake of an ACE-inhibitor, the three most common causes of chronic cough are eosinophilic airways disease (asthma or eosinophilic bronchitis), Upper-airway-cough-syndrome (UACS) and Gastro-esophageal-reflux desease (GERD). In smokers, chronic bronchitis and COPD are common causes as well. In patients with a normal chest X-ray and lack of information on a less frequent cause in history and physical examination, it is recommended therefore to routinely look for these diseases and/or to treat them empirically.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Innere Medizin, Universitätsspital Basel.
authors.forename: Salome
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schafroth Török
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans