Cough - Diagnostic Schema
Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease: Asthma, COPD, Sinusitis, Bronchiectasis
Other organ/systemic disease: GERD, Dysphagia, CHF, Autoimmune Vasculitis, ILD
Malignancy: Lung Cancer, Mesothelioma, Metastatic Dz, Malignant effusion
Other: Atypical Infxn (fungal/mycobacterial), Eosinophilic, Habit cough
Nathan Douthit, MD @Ndouthit
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