Última revisión: 20 Aug 2025
Última actualización: 07 Aug 2025

Resumen

Diferenciales

Común

  • Upper airway cough syndrome (UACS; postnasal drip)
  • Asthma
  • Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
  • Nonasthmatic eosinophilic bronchitis (NAEB)
  • Chronic bronchitis/COPD
  • Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACE inhibitor)
  • Pneumonia
  • Postinfectious cough
  • Bordetella pertussis infection

Infrecuente

  • Lung cancer
  • Bronchiectasis and chronic suppurative lung disease
  • Interstitial lung disease
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Tuberculosis (TB)
  • Recurrent aspiration
  • Zenker diverticulum
  • Thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA)
  • Foreign body
  • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
  • Bronchiolitis
  • Tropical filarial pulmonary eosinophilia
  • Cough hypersensitivity syndrome (somatic cough, psychogenic cough, unexplained chronic cough, refractory chronic cough)
  • Obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS)

Colaboradores

Autores

Tomasz J. Kuzniar, MD, PhD
Tomasz J. Kuzniar

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

University of Chicago

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Endeavor Health

Evanston

IL

Divulgaciones

TJK is the author of an article cited in this topic.

Agradecimientos

Dr Tomasz J. Kuzniar would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Timothy I. Morgenthaler, a previous contributor to this topic.

Divulgaciones

TIM declares that he has no competing interests.

Revisores por pares

Nawal Lutfiyya, MD

Director of Research

Assistant Professor

Family and Community Medicine

University of Illinois at Chicago

IL

Divulgaciones

NL declares that she has no competing interests.

Graeme Currie, MD

Consultant Chest Physician

Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

Aberdeen

Scotland

Declarações

GC declares that he has no competing interests.

Peer reviewer acknowledgements

BMJ Best Practice topics are updated on a rolling basis in line with developments in evidence and guidance. The peer reviewers listed here have reviewed the content at least once during the history of the topic.

Disclosures

Peer reviewer affiliations and disclosures pertain to the time of the review.

Referências

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Principais artigos

Morice AH, Millqvist E, Bieksiene K, et al. ERS guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of chronic cough in adults and children. Eur Respir J. 2020 Jan;55(1):1901136.Texto completo  Resumo

Canning BJ, Chang AB, Bolser DC, et al. Anatomy and neurophysiology of cough: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel report. Chest. 2014 Dec;146(6):1633-48.Texto completo  Resumo

Global Initiative for Asthma. Global strategy for asthma management and prevention (2024 update). May 2024 [internet publication].Texto completo

American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria: chronic cough. Nov 2021 [internet publication].Texto completo  Resumo

Kahrilas PJ, Altman KW, Chang AB, et al. Chronic cough due to gastroesophageal reflux in adults: CHEST guideline and expert panel report. Chest. 2016 Dec;150(6):1341-60.Texto completo  Resumo

Artigos de referência

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