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Cough

Definition

  • An explosive expiration that provides a normal protective mechanism for clearing the tracheobronchial tree of secretions and foreign material
  • Acute cough: < 3 weeks
  • Chronic cough: > 3 weeks

Cough has been found in Harrison's Practice

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