Etiologic identification of chronic cough by bronchofibroscopy in children / 中国当代儿科杂志
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics
; (12): 319-321, 2008.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-252089
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the value of bronchofibroscopy in the etiologic identification of chronic cough in children.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Under local anesthesia of lidocaine, bronchofibroscopy was performed in 118 children with chronic cough of unknown origin (73 males and 45 females). Their ages ranged from 3 months to 13 years.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The cause of chronic cough was identified in 115 cases. The most common cause was respiratory infection (n=39),followed by bronchial foreign bodies (n=19), upper airway cough syndrome (n=17), bronchial asthma or cough variant asthma (n=17), bronchomalacia (n=7), bronchial congenital malformation (n=5), primary ciliary dyskinesia (n=3), gastro-esophageal reflux (n=3), bronchial tumor (n=2), bronchial tuberculosis (n=1), pulmonary fibrosis (n=1) and idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis (n=1).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Bronchofibroscopy is useful in the etiologic identification of chronic cough in children.</p>
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Health context:
Neglected Diseases
Health problem:
Tuberculosis
Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Therapeutics
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Bronchoscopy
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Chronic Disease
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Cough
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Diagnosis
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Methods
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Etiology 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:
2008
Document type:
Article