American College of Chest Physicians
Managing Cough
as a Defense Mechanism
and as a Symptom
Quick Reference Guide

TheMeister Says:
A quick reference version of the ACCP's report published in a 1998 Chest supplement (#114).  Includes discussion of cough as a defense mechanism, potential complications of coughing, cough as a symptom and its causes, diagnosis and treatment of common causes of cough including post-nasal drip, GERD, and asthma.  Includes a simple algorithm for evaluating the patient with cough. Well-organized with bookmarks and a hyperlinked table of contents.  Check it out.

Other Pulmonary iSilo References

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• ACCP/ACP: COPD Guideline Algorithm

• ACCP: Diagnosis and Management of Lung Cancer

• ACCP: Pulmonary Rehabilitation

• ACCP: Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

• ACCP: Ventilator Weaning