Summary
Definition
History and exam
Key diagnostic factors
- duration of cough <30 days
- productive cough
- no history of chronic respiratory illness
- exclusion of other respiratory and cardiac illness as cause for symptoms
Risk factors
- viral or atypical bacterial infection exposure
- cigarette smoking
- household pollution exposure
Diagnostic investigations
Treatment algorithm
Contributors
Authors
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor of Family and Community Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee
WI
Disclosures
WJH receives an honorarium for speaking at a board review course sponsored by the American Physicians' Institute on the subject of respiratory diseases, including acute bronchitis. WJH has received compensation from the Hong Kong Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) to review grant proposals for respiratory conditions such as acute bronchitis. He is also the author of a number of references cited in this topic.
Dr William J. Hueston would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Ann M. Rodden, a previous contributor to this topic.
Disclosures
AMR declares that she has no competing interests.
Peer reviewers
Clinical Professor
School of Medicine and Public Health
University of Wisconsin-Madison
WI
Disclosures
DLH declares that he has no competing interests.
Staff Physician
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland
OH
Disclosures
CR declares that she has no competing interests.
Consultant Physician
Honorary Senior Lecturer
Imperial College Healthcare Trust
Hammersmith Hospital
London
UK
Disclosures
PWI declares that he has no competing interests.
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