Acute Medicine | Respiratory | Common and serious respiratory causes of cough
Common and Serious Respiratory Causes of Cough
Session Overview
Description
This session focuses on understanding and recognising the common causes of cough and the underlying risk factors.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- Describe the common causes of cough, both benign and more serious
The definition of acute and chronic cough is:
‘A forced expulsive manoeuvre against a closed glottis and which is associated with a characteristic sound.’
The aim of this session is to be able to recognise the common causes of acute and chronic cough.
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