Clinical problem-solving. Nothing to cough at--a 73-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 4-day history of nonproductive cough that worsened at night

N Engl J Med. 2007 Oct 4;357(14):1432-7. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcps062357.

Authors

Paul B Cornia¹, Benjamin A Lipsky, Sanjay Saint, Ralph Gonzales

Affiliation

¹ Primary and Specialty Medical Care Service, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, and the Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98108-1597, USA. paul.cornia@med.va.gov

PMID: 17914045
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcps062357

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Bordetella pertussis / isolation & purification*
Coronary Disease / complications
Cough / etiology
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications
Diagnosis, Differential
Disease Reservoirs
Heart Failure / diagnosis
Humans
Hypertension / complications
Lung / diagnostic imaging
Male
Radiography
Whooping Cough / complications
Whooping Cough / diagnosis*
Whooping Cough / drug therapy

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents