Table 5.

Final and secondary diagnoses of 26 children with chronic cough who presented for specialist review.

Final primary diagnosis	Secondary diagnoses
Asthma, n = 1	Allergies/hay fever, n = 1
Pneumonia, n = 2	Obstructive sleep apnea, n = 1 Recurrent childhood cough, n = 1 Otitis media, n = 1
Protracted bacterial bronchitis, n = 19	Allergic rhinitis, n = 3 Eczema, n = 1 Pharyngomalacia, n = 1 Obstructive sleep apnea, n = 3 Tracheomalacia, n = 5 Allergic Rhinitis, n = 3 Bilateral Glue Ear, n = 1 Failure to Thrive, n = 1 Tonsillitis, n = 3 Excess environmental tobacco smoke exposure, n = 1
Non-specific cough, n = 2	Nil
Bronchiectasis, n = 2	Tracheomalacia, n = 1 Excess environmental tobacco smoke exposure, n = 1