Resumen
Definición
Anamnesis y examen
Principales factores de diagnóstico
- presencia de factores de riesgo
- inicio agudo
- rinitis
- dolor de garganta
- estornudos
- drenaje/goteo posnasal
- tos
- fiebre
- faringe enrojecida inespecífica
- edema/eritema mucoso nasal
- drenaje purulento en las fosas nasales y la faringe posterior
- pulso <100 ppm; sin hipotensión
Otros factores de diagnóstico
- malestar general
- mialgia
- halitosis
- amígdalas inflamadas
Factores de riesgo
- exposición a personas infectadas
- edad temprana
- estación invernal
- asistencia a guarderías
- exposición al humo de cigarrillo o a otros irritantes respiratorios
Pruebas diagnósticas
Primeras pruebas diagnósticas para solicitar
- no son necesarias pruebas iniciales
Pruebas diagnósticas que deben considerarse
- hemograma completo (HC)
- exudado faríngeo
- cultivo de esputo
- prueba de anticuerpos heterófilos
- proteína C reactiva (PCR)
- radiografía de tórax
- tomografía computarizada (TC) sinusal
- pruebas virales
Algoritmo de tratamiento
Colaboradores
Autores
Professor
Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care
University of Auckland
Auckland
New Zealand
Divulgaciones
BA is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.
Associate Professor of Integrated Care
Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care
University of Auckland
Auckland
New Zealand
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TK is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.
Revisores por pares
Senior Research Fellow
Division of Community Health Sciences
St. George's University of London
London
UK
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CC declares that he has no competing interests.
Professor
Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine
Bond University
Queensland
Australia
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CDM declares that he has no competing interests.
Associate Professor
Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care
Ghent University
Belgium
Divulgaciones
ADS declares that she has no competing interests.
Mary Lowell Leary Endowed Professor
General Internal Medicine
Paediatrics
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
MN
Divulgaciones
GP has no competing interests in regards to the common cold. He does consult with a variety of manufacturers and performs research studies related to influenza, founded by vaccine manufacturers, none of which involves virus related to the common cold.
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Director
Intensive Care Unit
Weiler Division/Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx
NY
Divulgaciones
PD has served as a consultant to Reckitt Benckiser, Procter & Gamble, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Novartis, Glaxo SmithKline, and Boehringer Ingelheim.
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