#241 Chronic Cough

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science, Higher Education, Education

4.8 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Rejoice! as our phenomenal guest Dr. Brad Hayward @bradleyjhayward (Weill Cornell Medicine) demystifies chronic cough for the primary care provider. Dr. Hayward, an internist, pulmonologist, intensivist AND palliative care physician sits down with us to discuss common causes for chronic cough, work up pearls and options for treatment. Follow him on Twitter, @BradleyJHayward. Listeners can claim free CE credit through VCU Health at http://curbsiders.vcuhealth.org/ (CME goes live at 0900 ET on the episode’s release date). We hope you enjoy learning from this episode as much as we enjoyed producing it!

Credits

Written (including CME questions) and Produced by: Cyrus Askin MD
Infographic by: Cyrus Askin MD
Cover Art: Kate Grant MBChb, MRCGP
Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Stuart Brigham MD; Paul Williams MD, FACP
Editor: Emi Okamoto MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
Guest: Brad Hayward MD

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VCU Health CE

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Time Stamps

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00:00 Intro, disclaimer, guest bio; Guest one-liner and Pick of the Week*
06:23 Sponsor - Panacea Financial panaceafinancial.com
07:30 Case of Post Infectious Cough; Basic definitions for cough
Important aspects of the history
Empiric therapies for post-viral cough
22:50 Case of idiopathic chronic cough; Physical exam
29:20 Basic testing and empiric therapy for the common causes of chronic cough
41:51 When to refer to pulmonology; Therapy for idiopathic chronic cough; OTC cough meds
54:28 Take home message; Outro
Sponsor - VCU Health CE curbsiders.vcuhealth.org

Links*

90 Day Fiancé (show)
Below Deck Mediterranean (show)
Mastering Communication with Seriously Ill Patients by Anthony Back, Robert Arnold & James Tulsky (book)

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Goal

Listeners will develop a pragmatic approach to evaluating subacute and chronic cough in adult patients.

Learning objectives

After listening to this episode listeners will be able to…

... define sub-acute vs chronic cough
... build a repertoire of history questions geared towards identifying the etiology of cough in a patient
... build a toolbox of diagnostic studies / tests that can be used in the evaluation of cough
... marry history, physical and diagnostic studies into a coherent approach to diagnosing subacute and chronic cough through a tiered/logical approach
... understand empiric therapies for cough that may have an advantageous risk-reward profile, even in the absence of diagnosis
... educate patients on common causes for subacute cough and chronic cough, as well as how to appropriately set expectations regarding symptoms severity and duration

Disclosures

Dr. Hayward reports no relevant financial disclosures. The Curbsiders report no relevant financial disclosures.

Citation

Askin CA, Hayward B, Williams PN, Brigham SK, Okamoto E, Watto MF. “241: Chronic Cough”. The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast. https://thecurbsiders.com/episode-list Original Air Date: November 9, 2020.

Transcript

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0:00.0	We're supported by Panacea Financial, Digital Banking, Build for Doctors, Buy Doctors.
0:04.9	At Panacea Financial, you can have your own free, personal banker and a support team that works around the clock just like you do.
0:11.7	Open your free checking account today at panaceafinancial.com.
0:16.6	Panacea Financial is a division of Sona Bank member FDIC.
0:21.4	The Curbsiders podcast is for entertainment, education and information purposes only and the topics discussed should not be used solely at Diagnostree, you are or prevent any diseases or conditions.
0:32.1	For the more the views and statements expressed on the podcast are solely those of those and should not be interpreted to reflect official policy or position of any entity that's either side from possibly cash like more hospital and affiliate outreach programs.
0:38.5	If indeed there are any, in fact there are none.
0:40.3	Pretty much we are responsible if you screw up, you should always do your own homework and let's know when we're wrong.
0:52.4	Welcome back.
0:54.4	Hey Matt, how you doing?
0:56.4	This is the Curbsiders, that's the great Dr. Stuart Brigham Interrupting me as usual.
1:01.4	The great Dr. Paul Williams is also here.
1:04.4	Tonight we are talking about chronic cough with Dr. Brad Hayward.
1:09.4	And before we get to that, I wanted to remind you that this and most other episodes are available for free CME and mock credit through our partnership with VCU Health Continuing Education.
1:20.4	You can go to curbsiders.vcuhealth.org and set up a free account.
1:25.4	So with that Paul, would you tell the audience what do we do on this show?
1:29.4	Happy to, we are the internal medicine podcast.
1:32.4	We use expert interviews for you, clinical pearls and practice changing knowledge.
1:35.4	And as you mentioned tonight we talked to post personal friend, deep mentor from our residency training, the great Dr. Brad Hayward.
1:42.4	And I'm going to let Cyrus tell us all about the episode and about our special guest.
1:47.4	Awesome. Hey, thanks Paul. So tonight we were thrilled to record an episode on cough with our guest Dr. Brad Hayward.
1:53.4	Dr. Hayward is an assistant professor of clinical medicine at Wild Cornel Medical College in New York City in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.
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