INAPPROPRIATELY TREATED INTRACTABLE COUGH

Authors

  • Muhammad Tahir Khattak

Abstract

Chronic, non-productive cough has a variety of causes. In most cases the etiology is readilyidentifiable and treatable. Occasionally drugs induce a persistent cough which necessitateswithdrawal of the offending agent. A case is presented in which drug- induced cough wasmisdiagnosed and inappropriately managed

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Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (1992): JOURNAL OF AYUB MEDICAL COLLEGE, ABBOTTABAD

Section

CASE REPORT

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