Survey on the diagnosisand management of the patients with chronic cough

：Objective To evaluatethe diagnosis and management of patients with chronic cough.Methods The patients withchronic cough were recruited from outpatient of Guangzhou Institute of RespiratoryDisease. Information regarding previous diagnosis and treatment of the chronic cough waselicited through the survey questionnaire. Results A total of 558 outpatients with chroniccough completed the questionnaire. The mean age of the patients was (42.35±14.38) years,51.97% were male,48.03% were female. The mean duration of cough was (58.07±83.74) months,the average number of clinic which the patient visited was 2.67±3. 11, and the mean timesof medical service was (20.80± 30.00) times. 80.82% of the patients were diagnosedas bronchitis, chronic bronchitis or chronic pharyngitis before. 91.58% of theprescribtion contained antibiotics, 92.89% contained antibechic. 0.72% patients gotcompletely relief, and 9.5% obviously relief after treatment. Conclusions Most of thepatients with chronic cough were ever misdiagnosed and mistreated, we should pay moreattention to the etiological diagnosis of chronic cough.