Causes of chronic cough in children in Chongqing, China: an analysis of 202 cases

To investigate the constitution of causes of chronic cough in children. The clinical data of 202 children with chronic cough who were hospitalized in the Affiliated Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University from May 2015 to November 2017 were retrospectively analyzed. As for the cause...

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Published in:Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi 2019-05, Vol.21 (5), p.436
Main Authors: Xu, Mao-Zhu, Liu, Jing-Yue, Fu, Zhou
Format: Article
Language:Chinese
Subjects:
Asthma
Child
China
Chronic Disease
Cough
Humans
Retrospective Studies
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Summary:To investigate the constitution of causes of chronic cough in children. The clinical data of 202 children with chronic cough who were hospitalized in the Affiliated Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University from May 2015 to November 2017 were retrospectively analyzed. As for the causes of chronic cough in the 202 children, 81 (40.1%) had post-infection cough (PIC), 71 (35.1%) had cough variant asthma (CVA), 43 (21.3%) had upper airway cough syndrome (UACS), 3 (1.5%) had foreign body aspiration, 1 (0.5%) had gastroesophageal reflux cough, 2 (1.0%) had Tourette syndrome, and 1 (0.5%) had congenital respiratory disorders. Of the 202 children, 119 (58.9%) had chronic cough caused by a single factor and 83 (41.1%) had chronic cough caused by multiple factors. There was a significant difference in the constitution of causes of chronic cough among the children with different ages (
ISSN:1008-8830
DOI:10.7499/j.issn.1008-8830.2019.05.007