Post-infective cough – mechanism and the role of ipratropium bromide in therapy Review article

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Marek Postuła

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Acute cough, which often follows an upper respiratory tract infection, may be initially disruptive but is usually self-limiting and rarely needs significant medical intervention. The duration of a single episode of upper respiratory tract infection associated cough varies but is rarely more than 2 weeks. The optimal treatment of post-infective cough is still scarcely defined. Bronchodilator agents, both anticholinergics and β2-agonists, alone or in association, have been widely employed in the treatment of acute and chronic cough with different origins.

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Postuła , M. (2018). Post-infective cough – mechanism and the role of ipratropium bromide in therapy. Medycyna Faktow (J EBM), 11(3(40), 224-227. https://doi.org/10.24292/01.MF.0318.9
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