Cough and Dyspnea
- Perform an appropriate history (including environmental, occupational, travel) and focused physical examination to identify the common and important causes of cough, particularly
- Acute causes
- Infectious (viral/bacterial)
- Exacerbation of Asthma
- Exacerbation of COPD
- Post-viral cough
- Exacerbation of CHF
- Chronic causes (including screening for red flags)
- Post-nasal drip
- GERD
- Asthma
- COPD/Smoking
- Infection (e.g. tuberculosis)
- Medication (e.g. ACE Inhibitor)
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Neoplasm
- Acute causes
- Propose a relevant initial investigation plan for a patient with cough.
- Recognize a patient with respiratory distress and understand when to seek immediate help.
- Suggest an initial management plan for patients with cough, particularly for the acute and chronic causes listed above
Core Resources
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Cough Clinical Card.pdf
Englert S, Elliott M, Keegan DA. Cough. Canadian Family Medicine Clinical Card. 2014. Available at: https://sites.google.com/site/sharcfm/
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Cough
Vilensky D, Bordman R. Cough One-Page Primer. DFCM Open. 2013. Available at: http://dfcmopen.com. Attribution CC BY-NC-ND
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Office Emergencies emodule
Jansz G, Law M, Lee S et al. Office Emergencies: Family and Community Medicine Clerkship Core Curriculum Module. University of Toronto.
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Cough. Family and Community Medicine Clerkship Core Curriculum Module
Young S, Mardimae A. Cough. Family and Community Medicine Clerkship Core Curriculum Module. University of Toronto. March 2018.
Supplemental Resources
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Chest X-Ray Interpretation 1 Clinical Card 2014
Yu Y, Spaner SJ, Keegan DA. Chest X-Ray Interpretation PA. Canadian Family Medicine Clinical Card. 2014. Available at: https://sites.google.com/site/sharcfm/
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Chest X-Ray Interpretation 2 Clinical Card 2014
Yu Y, Spaner SJ, Keegan DA. Chest X-Ray Interpretation PA. Canadian Family Medicine Clinical Card. 2014. Available at: https://sites.google.com/site/sharcfm/