This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Citing articles on Web of Science (87)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in JAMA  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

Paul J. Hannaway, MD; G. David K. Hopper, MD

JAMA. 1982;247(2):206-208.

Abstract
Thirty-two patients were referred for evaluation of chronic cough. We believe that these 32 patients represent a variety of asthma in which the presenting manifestation is cough. The characteristics of the cough are discussed. All 32 patients responded to therapeutic trials of theophylline. Obvious clinical asthma developed in 18 of 24 patients available for long-term follow-up, and in 11 of these patients, the asthma was classified as mild. However, in seven of these 18 patients, the asthma was classified as moderate in severity in that they eventually required around-the-clock daily bronchodilators. We believe that this group demonstrates that cough variant asthma is a distinct but frequently unrecognized entity in children.

(JAMA 1982;247:206-208)

Author Affiliations
The authors are in private practice in Salem, Mass.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to the Medical Building, 116 Highland Ave, Salem, MA 01970 (Dr Hannaway).

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?

THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES

Management of chronic non-specific cough in childhood: an evidence-based review
Gupta et al.
EDUCATION AND PRACTICE 2007;92:33-39.
FULL TEXT  

Guidelines for Evaluating Chronic Cough in Pediatrics: ACCP Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines
Chang and Glomb
Chest 2006;129:260S-283S.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT  

A Comparison of Risk Factors for Wheeze and Recurrent Cough in Preschool Children
Hermann et al.
Am J Epidemiol 2005;162:345-350.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT  

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Asthma Diagnosis Among Children Who Wheeze
Akinbami et al.
Pediatrics 2005;115:1254-1260.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT  

Cough * 2: Chronic cough in children
de Jongste and Shields
Thorax 2003;58:998-1003.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT  

Acute upper airway infections: Childhood respiratory infections
West
Br Med Bull 2002;61:215-230.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT  

Airway Inflammation as an Assessment of Chronic Nonproductive Cough
Lee et al.
Chest 2001;120:1114-1120.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT  

Persistent nocturnal cough: randomised controlled trial of high dose inhaled corticosteroid
Davies et al.
Arch. Dis. Child. 1999;81:38-44.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT  

Persistent cough: is it asthma?
Faniran et al.
Arch. Dis. Child. 1998;79:411-414.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT  

A randomised, placebo controlled trial of inhaled salbutamol and beclomethasone for recurrent cough
Chang et al.
Arch. Dis. Child. 1998;79:6-11.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT  

Population based study of risk factors for underdiagnosis of asthma in adolescence: Odense schoolchild study • Commentary: Risk factors for underdiagnosis of asthma in adolescence • Commentary: Identifying the correct risks in diagnosis • Commentary: Improving the diagnostic rate in asthma: a community issue
Siersted et al.
BMJ 1998;316:651-657.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT