咳嗽治疗指南（Guidelines for the treatment of cough）.docVIP

咳嗽治疗指南（Guidelines for the treatment of cough） Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of cough in China Cough is a common symptom of respiratory diseases. It is helpful to remove respiratory tract secretions and harmful factors. But frequent and severe cough has a serious impact on the work, life and social activities of the patients. The clinical cough is various and covers a wide range, especially the chest imaging showed no abnormalities in chronic cough patients, these patients are most vulnerable to clinicians negligence, many patients have long been misdiagnosed as chronic bronchitis or bronchitis , the use of antibacterial drug therapy, or because the diagnosis is not clear and repeated all check, not only increase the suffering of patients, but also increase the economic burden of the patients. Along with the people to cough attention, Europe and the United States for nearly 20 years on the causes and treatment of cough were studied in many aspects, made clear the common causes of chronic cough in recent years has developed guidelines for diagnosis and management of related cough. In recent years, China has also carried out clinical studies on the diagnosis and treatment of cough, and obtained preliminary results. In order to further standardize the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic cough, strengthen the clinical and basic research of cough, respiratory diseases branch of Chinese Medical Association asthma group organized experts, clinical research results on cough reference at home and abroad, jointly formulated the guidelines for the treatment of cough and fault diagnosis (Draft), to during the period of scientific diagnosis and effective treatment of different types of cough. I. classification and causes of cough Cough is usually divided into 3 groups according to time: acute cough, subacute cough and chronic cough. Acute cough time 3 weeks, 3~8 weeks of subacute cough, chronic cough over 8 weeks. 1. acute cough: the common cold is the most