Via practica 1/2005

DIFERENTIAL DIAGNOSTICS OF COUGH, MUCOLYTICS AND EXPECTORANS

Cough as a symptom occurs in diseases of different etiology. The author mentions different reasons of cough, diagnostics and therapy. The emphasis is on multidisciplinar approach in determination of the origin of cough, as well as on the diseases were it generally emerges.

Keywords: cough, GERD, antitusics, mucolytics, expectorans.