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Chronic cough
What's new
Updated 2024 AAFP guidelines for the management of chronic cough .
Background
Overview
Definition
Chronic cough is defined as a cough symptom that persists for longer than 8 weeks.
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Pathophysiology
Common causes of cough include upper airway cough syndrome, GERD/laryngopharyngeal reflux disease, asthma, and nonasthmatic eosinophilic bronchitis.
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Disease course
Cough persistence may lead to vomiting, muscle pain, urinary incontinence, tiredness, syncope, and depression.
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Prognosis and risk of recurrence
Chronic cough is not associated with an increase in mortality in the absence of a serious underlying disease.
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Guidelines
Key sources
The following summarized guidelines for the evaluation and management of chronic cough are prepared by our editorial team based on guidelines from the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP 2024), the American College of Radiology (ACR 2021), the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP 2020,2018,2016,2015), the British Thoracic Society (BTS 2020), and the European Respiratory Society (ERS 2020).
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