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Algorithm for assessment of acute cough in patients 15 or more years of age. COPD, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; LRTI, lower respiratory tract infection; UACS, upper airway cough syndrome; URTI, upper respiratory tract infection.
From Dicpinigaitis PV, Colice GL, Goolsby MJ, Rogg GI, Spector SL, Winther B. Acute cough: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Cough. 2009;5:11. PubMed PMID: 20015366.
