COUGH IN CHILDREN
Cough is frequent symptom in pediatric practice. Tussive reflex has age-specific and physiological peculiarities. The reasons of cough in children are very heterogeneous, and differ from that ones in adults. Main causes of cough in children are inflammation in upper and lower airways, bronchial asth...
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"Paediatrician" Publishers LLC,
2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Cough is frequent symptom in pediatric practice. Tussive reflex has age-specific and physiological peculiarities. The reasons of cough in children are very heterogeneous, and differ from that ones in adults. Main causes of cough in children are inflammation in upper and lower airways, bronchial asthma, and in early age - foreign body in bronchial tube, malformations of airways, gastroesophageal reflux. The approaches to treatment of cough must consider etiology and pathogenesis of its onset.Key words: children, cough, airways inflammation, treatment.(Voprosy sovremennoi pediatrii - Current Pediatrics. 2009;8(1):90-97) |
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| Item Description: | 1682-5527 1682-5535 |