TABLE 1 ] .
Spectrum of Topics for the Third Edition of the CHEST Cough Guidelines
| Section | Topics |
| Introductory matter | Overview of the management of cough |
| Methodologies for the development of the management of cough: CHEST guideline and expert panel report | |
| Anatomy and neurophysiology of coughing | |
| Global physiology and pathophysiology of cough | |
| An assessment of intervention fidelity in studies on the diagnosis and treatment of chronic cough in the adult | |
| Tools for assessing outcomes in studies of chronic cough: CHEST guideline and expert panel report | |
| Classifying cough as an aid to suggesting differential diagnosesa | |
| Empirical management of cough | |
| Acute cough | Common cold |
| Acute bronchitis | |
| Allergic rhinitis | |
| Community-acquired pneumonia | |
| Subacute | Postinfectious |
| Pertussis | |
| Chronic | Upper airway cough syndrome |
| Asthma | |
| Nonasthmatic eosinophilic bronchitis | |
| Gastroesophageal reflux disease | |
| Chronic bronchitis/COPD | |
| Bronchiectasis | |
| Bronchiolitis and other nonbronchiectatic suppurative airway disease | |
| Occupational and environmental factors | |
| Drug-induced cough | |
| TB | |
| Interstitial lung disease | |
| Lung cancer | |
| Aspiration | |
| Cardiac causes | |
| Psychogenic, habit, and tic cough | |
| Uncommon causes | |
| Unexplained (refractory) chronic cough | |
| Special groups | Pediatric age group |
| Immunocompromised host | |
| Athletes | |
| The elderly | |
| Symptomatic | Cough suppressant |
| Pharmacologic protussive therapy |
a
While cough due to many conditions such as asthma and aspiration will be discussed in the chronic category, these conditions can present acutely and subacutely. Nevertheless, the same principles of management apply once the diagnosis is made.