Table 3 The last diagnosis of the patients
From: Evaluation of 563 children with chronic cough accompanied by a new clinical algorithm
Last Diagnosis | n (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total (n = 563) | 0–2 years (n = 128) | 2–6 years (n = 240) | >6 years (n = 195) | |
Atopic asthma | 140 (24.9) | 25 (19.5) | 69 (28.8) | 46 (23.6) |
Reactive airway disease (Asthma-like symptoms) | 107 (19.0) | 38 (29.7) | 52 (21.7) | 17 (8.7) |
Procracted bacterial bronchitis | 67 (11.9) | 11 (8.6) | 33 (13.8) | 23 (11.8) |
Upper airway cough syndrome | 51 (9.1) | 6 (4.7) | 26 (10.8) | 19 (9.7) |
Physicogenic cough | 31 (5.5) | - | 4 (1.7) | 27 (13.8) |
Non-cyctic fibrosis bronchiectasis | 28 (5) | 3 (2.3) | 4 (1.7) | 21 (10.8) |
Bronchiolitis obliterans | 28 (5) | 10 (7.8) | 13 (5.4) | 5 (2.6) |
Rhinosinusitis | 26 (4.6) | 2 (1.6) | 16 (6.7) | 8 (4.1) |
Cystic fibrosis | 20 (3.6) | 11 (8.6) | 1 (0.4) | 8 (4.1) |
Tuberculosis | 19 (3.4) | 2 (1.6) | 4 (1.7) | 13 (6.7) |
Pneumoia-Bronchopneumonia | 18 (3.2) | 4 (3.1) | 10 (4.2) | 4 (2.1) |
Gastro-esophageal reflux | 15 (2.7) | 9 (7) | 5 (2.1) | 1 (0.5) |
Tracheo-bronchomalacia | 5 (0.9) | 4 (3.1) | - | 1 (0.5) |
Foreign body aspiration | 3 (0.5) | 2 (1.6) | 1 (0.4) | - |
Spontan resolution | 2 (0.4) | - | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.5) |
Vasculer ring | 1 (0.2) | - | - | 1 (0.5) |
Pulmonary hemosiderosis | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.8) | - | - |
Tumor (Ganglioneuroma) | 1 (0.2) | - | 1 (0.4) | - |