German Respiratory Society guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of adults suffering from acute, subacute and chronic cough

Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of adults suffering from acute, subacute and chronic cough - German Respiratory Society, 2020

The guidelines contain 48 recommendations agreed upon the consensus and 16 statements, which are explained in the background text in the following nine chapters: epidemiology, physiology, classification, acute, subacute or chronic cough, diagnostics and therapy; an extra chapter was dedicated to chronic idiopathic/refractory cough.

Further emphasis of the guidelines is the physiology of cough in anticipation of the introduction of new drugs, as well as detailed treatment for cough triggered by affectations of the upper respiratory tract or gastroesophageal reflux.

The guideline should provide the pneumologist with the latest knowledge for neighboring disciplines required for diagnosis and therapy of cough. The clinical chapters also contain a short summary, practical recommendations and a bibliography of their own. Three new simplified algorithms for acute, subacute and chronic cough, round off the diagnostics chapter.


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