Week 3: Cough (Bolded/Underlined Terms) Flashcards
An acute cough is less than _____ weeks.
3
A subacute cough is _____ weeks.
3-8
A chronic cough is ____ weeks.
more than 8
A productive cough is a ____ cough.
“wet or chesty”
(expels secretions_
A non-productive cough is a ___ cough.
“dry or hacking”
An exclusion for self treatment for a cough includes coughs that lasts for ____.
more than 7 days
An exclusion for self treatment for a cough includes inhalation of ____.
dust, objects, irritant, particles
An exclusion for self treatment for a cough includes a suspected drug-associated cough such as ____ and ____.
ACEI
(ex: Benazepril)
Beta-blockers
(ex: Atenolol) in COPD/asthma patients
One of the cough assessment questions you should ask is, “Is the cough ____?
productive or dry hacking
One of the cough assessment questions you should ask is, “how old is the patient?” because ___.
if they are less than 2 years old, you refer
if it is a baby, do not suppress the baby’s cough because they might have swallowed something
One of the cough assessment questions you should ask is, “Is the patient currently taking an ____?”
MAOI
because of a hypertensive crisis when taking MAOI with decongestants
One of the cough assessment questions you should ask is, “Does the patient have ____ or chronic pulmonary disease?”
shortness of breath
you must refer
One of the cough assessment questions you should ask is, “Is the cough due to ____?”
smoking
because the cough may not be due to a cold
One of the cough assessment questions you should ask is, “Do symptoms indicate cough due to common cold or _____?”
inhalation of irritants
then they are excluded from self-treatment
A cough can be either productive or non-productive. What is the pharmacologic treatment of a productive cough?
- An expectorant
- Guaifenesin
