Chest
Volume 124, Issue 4, Supplement, January 2003, Page 136S
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Evaluation of Chronic Cough in a Tertiary Care Center in Tropics

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PURPOSE: To ascertain the validity of anatomic diagnostic protocol in determining etiology of chronic cough in tropics. Cost analyses to determine effective ways of managing chronic cough.

METHODS: A prospective, descriptive, study of immunocompetent, non-smoking patients with chronic cough. All patients were evaluated by a validated anatomic diagnostic protocol proposed by Irwin and colleagues. The diagnostic protocol was modified to include sputum examination for acid-fast bacilli, absolute

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