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Approach to Cough in Clinical Practice

Comprehensive Guide on Cough

ABOUT BOOK

Cough constitutes a common, yet, challenging symptom in primary care practice, from the point of view of diagnosing the exact etiology and initiating appropriate management. Managing cough due to different etiology and in varied patient populations present considerable dilemma in clinical practice.This book is an outcome of integrating the current research insights on the subject with the vast clinical experience and

in-depth knowledge of the author, translating into clear and simple account of the diagnosis and management of this common symptom. This book will surely serve as a complete reference source for a busy clinician and family physicians, besides under graduate students, interns, as well as post graduate students.

Integration of current reseach insights

Recommendations based on clinical experiences

Comprehensive reference resource for HCPs

FEATURES OF THE BOOK

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Introduction
• Classification of cough
• Causes and risk factors of cough
• Epidemiology
• Clinical impact of cough

Section 1:

Cough in clinical practice

Section 2:

The physiology of cough

• Cough reflex and its components

Section 6:

Specific cough syndromes

• Cough associated with upper respiratory tract infections
• Cough associated with lower respiratory tract infections
• Cough in respiratory disorders
• Allergic and atopic cough
• Cough and gastroesophageal reflux disease
• Drug-induced cough
• Cough with overlapping etiologies
• Cough of cardiac origin
• Cough in cancer patients
• Cough hypersensitivity syndrome
• Unexplained chronic cough

Section 3:

Assessment of patients with cough

• History
• Physical examination
• Clinical investigations
• Assessment of acute cough
• Assessment of subacute cough
• Assessment of chronic cough

Section 4:

Metrics for cough evaluation

• Measurement of cough
• Assessment of health status in cough
• Measuring cough-specific quality of life
• Assessment of airway inflammation in chronic cough

Section 5:

Pharmacotherapy of cough

• Classification of drugs for the treatment of cough
• Antitussive drugs
• Expectorants
• Mucolytics and mucoactive agents
• Bronchodilators
• Antihistamines
• Corticosteroids
• Other specific therapies

Section 7:

Managing cough in special population

• Cough in the pediatric population
• Cough in the elderly population
• Cough in athletes
• Cough in pregnancy
• Cough in immunocompromised patients
• Cough in palliative care patients
• Cough in surgical patients

Section 8:

Contemporary issues in cough management

• The viral respiratory infection pandemics
• Influenza and cough
• Cough in coronavirus pandemics - SARS and MERS
• Cough in COVID-19

Appendices

• General assessment of a patient with cough
• Evaluation of acute cough in adults
• Evaluation of subacute cough in adults
• Evaluation of chronic cough in adults
• Scoring systems in cough
• Drug interactions
• Index

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Ashok Mahashur was a Consultant Chest Physician in Mumbai, India. He joined the Department of Chest Medicine at the Seth G S Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital in 1977, and occupied various academic positions and became the Professor and Head of the Department in 1986. He joined a private hospital in 2000, after taking voluntary retirement from service and has been the President of the Indian Chest Society since 2006. With many years of clinical and teaching experience, he was also a postgraduate teacher of respiratory medicine at the University of Mumbai, and was a Memberof the Board of Studies at the Banaras Hindu University. He held beena postgraduate teacher and examiner for MD, DM, TDD diploma, and DNB courses.

Dr. Ashok Mahashur

MD, DD, PhD, FAMS; Professor and Head (Retired), Department of Dermatology; Madras Medical College and Govt, General Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

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