<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Worrall, Graham J.</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">One hundred coughs</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Canadian Family Physician</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008-02-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">236-237</style></pages><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">54</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">OBJECTIVE To record the presentation, diagnosis, management, and outcome of acute coughs presenting in family practice. DESIGN A case series of consecutive patients with acute cough as their main symptom. SETTING Rural family practice clinic and walk-in centre. PARTICIPANTS One hundred consecutive patients with cough, ages 1 to 90. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Clinical diagnosis of the cause of the cough, management of cough, and whether patients returned for a second visit. RESULTS Seventy-three patients had viral respiratory tract infections; 15 had asthma; 6 had influenza; 4 had pneumonia; and 2 had croup. Eighty-one patients needed no prescription medication; 13 were prescribed steroids or bronchodilators for asthma; and 6 were prescribed antibiotics. No prescriptions for cough suppressants or decongestants were written. Only 7 patients returned to the clinic; 2 were prescribed antibiotics, and the others had no change in treatment. CONCLUSION Most patients with cough require reassurance rather than medications, as their cough is self-limiting. Of the minority that requires medication, twice as many will benefit from adjustment of asthma medication as from antibiotics.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>