Level 3: Cough – Physical Exam: Expert Panel DDX

How does your differential compare with the experts?

Is there any additional testing (i.e., lab, imaging, etc.) you would perform at this time?

Experts’ DDX:

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