Enfrentamiento de Tos Crónica en el Adulto en Atención Primaria

Description

Cough is a respiratory reflex, or defensive mechanism, that allows to eliminate thepresentmaterial in the bronchial tree to maintain its permeability. It is chronic when itperszsts by more than 8 weeks. It has a prevalence of23% in healthy people and nonsmokers. 13% of older peoplehave chronic cough, and it is described as the mostfrequent ambulatory cansultatiorz,predominantly in women. The reason to consult is the fear to steer an oncogenk disease, also the secondary upheavals to thepersistent cough,like bad sleeping, synco and urinary incontinence in women. Thepnzsent review shows the dOrential diagnosis ofthronic cough and their management accarrlingto the consensus ofthe evidence and to the possibilities at primazy care