Causes of chronic cough in children / 中国当代儿科杂志
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics
;
(12): 667-670, 2012.
Article
in Chinese
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| ID: wpr-353893
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the causes of chronic cough in children.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Retrospective analysis was carried out on the clinical data of 132 children with chronic cough from August 2010 to September 2011.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Several conditions were found to contribute to chronic cough in children, including cough variant asthma (CVA, n=56), upper airway cough syndrome (UACS, n=44), infections/postinfectious cough (IC/PIC, n=22), allergic cough (AC, n=8), gastroesophageal reflux cough (GERC, n=5), and others (n=3). There was significant difference in the distribution of IC/IPC among an infant group (<1 year), a group of young children (>1 year), a group of preschool aged children (>3 years) and a group of school-age children (6-14 years) (χ2=11.638, P=0.001), and the infant group showed a significantly higher prevalence of IC/PIC than the other three age groups (P<0.05). IC/PIC was the main cause of chronic cough in the infant group, while CVA and UACS were the main causes in each of the other groups. A relatively large proportion of AC, CVA and UACS cases had a personal history of allergy, a family history of allergy/asthma and a history of exposure to harmful environments.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>CVA, UACS, and IC/PIC are main causes of chronic cough in children, varying among different age groups. Children with a personal history of allergy, family history of allergy/asthma and a history of exposure to harmful environment are more vulnerable to AC, CVA and UACS.</p>
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Main subject:
Chronic Disease
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Retrospective Studies
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Cough
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Hypersensitivity
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Infections
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
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