<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Spelman, Reginald</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chronic or recurring cough in children—a presentation of asthma?</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1984</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1984-04-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">221-222</style></pages><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">34</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">261</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Thirty-five children between the ages of one year and 11 years who presented with chronic or recurring cough over a two-year period were treated for asthma. They were given bronchodilator syrup for a trial period of one month. All the children improved symptomatically. It is suggested that any child with a persistent cough or recurring cough should be given bronchodilator syrup even in the absence of wheeze and particularly when there is a family history of asthma. This might result in the early diagnosis of unrecognized asthma and help to reduce the amount of unnecessary antibiotics and cough linctus that these children receive.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>