PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Reginald Spelman
TI  - Chronic or recurring cough in children—a presentation of asthma?
DP  - 1984 Apr 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 221--222
VI  - 34
IP  - 261
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/34/261/221.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/34/261/221.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1984 Apr 01; 34
AB  - 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.