Level 3: Cough – MHROS: Expert Panel DDX

How does your differential compare with the experts?

What physical exam maneuvers would you like to perform?

Experts’ DDX:

GI (reflux)
1. Allergy – allergic rhinitis/post-nasal drip
2. Reactive airway disease
3. Anatomic
   1. Vascular ring
   2. Subglottic stenosis
4. Infectious – otitis
5. Dietary
6. Oncologic (mediastinal mass)
7. Cardiac – arrhythmia
8. Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy
9. Respiratory (asthma)
10. Neurologic

[In adults, also think of Cardiogenic pulmonary edema from CHF, MI, arrhythmia (afib) Eosinophilic esophagitis.]