Cough

Question 1

Acute cough (< 3 weeks)

Answer 1

• Croup (barking)
• Pertussis (whooping, paroxysmal)
• Acute respiratory tract infection
• Foreign body aspiration
• Asthma

Question 2

Chronic cough (> 8 weeks)

Answer 2

• Upper respiratory tract
  
  • Croup
• Lower respiratory tract
  
  • Asthma
  • Bronchiolitis
  • Pertussis
  • Inhaled foreign body
  • Cystic fibrosis
  • TB
• Other
  
  • Gastroesophageal reflux
  • Primary ciliary dyskinesia

Question 3

Clinical features of childhood coughs

• Productive
• Nocturnal
• Worse on wakening
• Brassy
• Barking
• Paroxysmal
• Worse during exercise
• Disappears when sleeping
• During/after feeds

Answer 3

• Productive
  
  • Cystic fibrosis
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Pneumonia
• Nocturnal
  
  • Asthma
  • Cystic fibrosis
• Worse on wakening
  
  • Cystic fibrosis
• Brassy
  
  • Tracheitis
• Barking
  
  • Croup (laryngotracheobronchitis)
• Paroxysmal
  
  • Pertussis
  • Foreign body
• Worse during exercise
  
  • Asthma
• Disappears when sleeping
  
  • Psychogenic / habitual cough
• During/after feeds
  
  • Aspiration

Question 4

Common respiratory conditions and signs

Answer 4