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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