Patient-Friendly Summary of the ACR Appropriateness Criteria: Chronic Cough

Chronic cough is a cough that has lasted for at least 8 weeks. Chronic cough can come from smoking-related lung diseases (eg, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, lung cancer), upper airway cough syndrome, asthma, gastroesophageal reflux disease, bronchitis, immunodeficiencies, or repeated exposure to inflammation in the body. Initial imaging is done to determine the cause of this persistent cough and provide the correct treatment.

Source: Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR - July 12, 2021 Category: Radiology Authors: Emily Chu, Ryan Lee Tags: Appropriate Use Criteria Source Type: research