Exam 2: cough

Question 1

Most common cause of acute cough

Answer 1

Viral URI

Question 2

patient frequently clears throat cough worse when recumbent

Answer 2

Upper airway cough syndrome (PND)

Question 3

Most common cause of chronic cough

Answer 3

chronic bronchitis

Question 4

acute onset of noise cough worse at night with sore throat and minimally productive thick/yellow sputum

Answer 4

Viral URI

Question 5

Recurrent acute cough without dyspnea with tearing and itchy eyes

Answer 5

allergies

Question 6

chronic, nonproductive cough that is worse after drinking

Answer 6

GERD

Question 7

Type of cough that only occurs while awake and can stop on command

Answer 7

Habit (psychogenic)

Question 8

Recurrent chronic cough that is worse at night

Answer 8

Asthma

Question 9

paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea and cough

Answer 9

CHF

Question 10

Cause of cobble stone nasal mucosa

Answer 10

upper airway cough syndrome

Question 11

coughs worse with recumbency

Answer 11

PND, CHF, GERD

Question 12

cough with acute onset that is worse at night with sirs criteria

Answer 12

bacterial pneumonia