[Etiologic identification of chronic cough by bronchofibroscopy in children].

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To study the value of bronchofibroscopy in the etiologic identification of chronic cough in children.

METHODS:

Under local anesthesia of lidocaine, bronchofibroscopy was performed in 118 children with chronic cough of unknown origin (73 males and 45 females). Their ages ranged from 3 months to 13 years.

RESULTS:

The cause of chronic cough was identified in 115 cases. The most common cause was respiratory infection (n=39),followed by bronchial foreign bodies (n=19), upper airway cough syndrome (n=17), bronchial asthma or cough variant asthma (n=17), bronchomalacia (n=7), bronchial congenital malformation (n=5), primary ciliary dyskinesia (n=3), gastro-esophageal reflux (n=3), bronchial tumor (n=2), bronchial tuberculosis (n=1), pulmonary fibrosis (n=1) and idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis (n=1).

CONCLUSIONS:

Bronchofibroscopy is useful in the etiologic identification of chronic cough in children.

• Authors: Yi Yu, Ying-Shuo Wang, Zhi-Min Chen
• Journal: Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics (Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi) Vol. 10 Issue 3 Pg. 319-21 (Jun 2008) ISSN: 1008-8830 [Print] China
• PMID: 18554458 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Bronchoscopy (methods)
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Chronic Disease
• Cough (diagnosis, etiology, therapy)
• Female
• Humans
• Infant
• Male