RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Chronic or recurring cough in children—a presentation of asthma?
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 221
OP 222
VO 34
IS 261
A1 Spelman, Reginald
YR 1984
UL http://bjgp.org/content/34/261/221.abstract
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.