Persistent isolated cough in childhood

Persistent nocturnal cough in childhood : a population based study

A cross sectional epidemiological study was carried out to investigate the validity ofpersistent nocturnal cough (PNC) as an independent marker ofchildhood asthma. A screening questionnaire on respiratory symptoms was applied to 4003 children attending primary schools in Aberdeen, after which 799 symptomatic children and a random selection of 229 asymptomatic children were invited to attend for...

Persistent nocturnal cough in childhood: a population based study.

A cross sectional epidemiological study was carried out to investigate the validity of persistent nocturnal cough (PNC) as an independent marker of childhood asthma. A screening questionnaire on respiratory symptoms was applied to 4003 children attending primary schools in Aberdeen, after which 799 symptomatic children and a random selection of 229 asymptomatic children were invited to attend f...

Childhood cough.

Honey with Coffee: A new finding in the treatment of Persistent Postinfectious Cough

Introduction: Persistent postinfectious cough (PPC) is a cough that persists longer than 3 weeks or perhaps for many months after a common cold or an upper respiratory tract infection (URTI). PPC has poor response to routine treatment modalities, so it can be a vexing problem for the patient and the physician alike. Our hypothesis was that honey and/or coffee have some beneficial effects in th...

Management of persistent dry cough.

Cough is probably the commonest symptom aVecting humans, with prevalence rates variously reported within the range 5–40%. Acute or short lived cough, which most commonly occurs in association with viral upper respiratory infection, is of little consequence, usually resolving in a matter of days. Persistent cough, however, may be associated with considerable morbidity including sleep loss, exhau...