Acute cough due to acute bronchitis in immunocompetent adult outpatients: CHEST Expert Panel Report
Acute cough due to acute bronchitis in immunocompetent adult outpatients: CHEST Expert Panel Report
Background: Evidence for the diagnosis and management of cough due to acute bronchitis in immunocompetent adult outpatients was reviewed as an update to the 2006 “Chronic Cough Due to Acute Bronchitis: American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines.” Methods: Acute bronchitis was defined as an acute lower respiratory tract infection manifested predominantly by cough with or without sputum production, lasting no more than 3 weeks with no clinical or any recent radiographic evidence to suggest an alternative explanation. Two clinical population, intervention, comparison, outcome questions were addressed by systematic review in July 2017: (1) the role of investigations beyond the clinical assessment of patients presenting with suspected acute bronchitis, and (2) the efficacy and safety of prescribing medication for cough in acute bronchitis. An updated search was undertaken in May 2018. Results: No eligible studies relevant to the first question were identified. For the second question, only one relevant study met eligibility criteria. This study found no difference in number of days with cough between patients treated with an antibiotic or an oral nonsteroidal antiinflammatory agent compared with placebo. Clinical suggestions and research recommendations were made based on the consensus opinion of the CHEST Expert Cough Panel. Conclusions: The panelists suggested that no routine investigations be ordered and no routine medications be prescribed in immunocompetent adult outpatients first presenting with cough due to suspected acute bronchitis, until such investigations and treatments have been shown to be safe and effective at making cough less severe or resolve sooner. If the cough due to suspected acute bronchitis persists or worsens, a reassessment and consideration of targeted investigations should be considered.
Bronchitis, Systematic Review, cough
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Smith, Maeve, Lown, Mark, Singh, Sonal, Ireland, Belinda, Hill, Adam, Linder, Jeff and Irwin, Richard
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CHEST Expert Cough Panel
(2020)
Acute cough due to acute bronchitis in immunocompetent adult outpatients: CHEST Expert Panel Report.
Chest, 157 (5), , [2020.01.044].
(doi:10.1016/j.chest.2020.01.044).
Abstract
Background: Evidence for the diagnosis and management of cough due to acute bronchitis in immunocompetent adult outpatients was reviewed as an update to the 2006 “Chronic Cough Due to Acute Bronchitis: American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines.” Methods: Acute bronchitis was defined as an acute lower respiratory tract infection manifested predominantly by cough with or without sputum production, lasting no more than 3 weeks with no clinical or any recent radiographic evidence to suggest an alternative explanation. Two clinical population, intervention, comparison, outcome questions were addressed by systematic review in July 2017: (1) the role of investigations beyond the clinical assessment of patients presenting with suspected acute bronchitis, and (2) the efficacy and safety of prescribing medication for cough in acute bronchitis. An updated search was undertaken in May 2018. Results: No eligible studies relevant to the first question were identified. For the second question, only one relevant study met eligibility criteria. This study found no difference in number of days with cough between patients treated with an antibiotic or an oral nonsteroidal antiinflammatory agent compared with placebo. Clinical suggestions and research recommendations were made based on the consensus opinion of the CHEST Expert Cough Panel. Conclusions: The panelists suggested that no routine investigations be ordered and no routine medications be prescribed in immunocompetent adult outpatients first presenting with cough due to suspected acute bronchitis, until such investigations and treatments have been shown to be safe and effective at making cough less severe or resolve sooner. If the cough due to suspected acute bronchitis persists or worsens, a reassessment and consideration of targeted investigations should be considered.
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Accepted/In Press date: 9 January 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 21 February 2020
Published date: May 2020
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FUNDING/SUPPORT: Dr Linder is supported by grants from the National Institute on Aging [ R21AG057400 , R21AG057396 , R33AG057383 ], National Institute on Drug Abuse [ R33AG057395 ], Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality [ R01HS024930 , R01HS026506 ], The Peterson Center on Healthcare, and a contract from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality [ HHSP233201500020 ].
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© 2020 American College of Chest Physicians
Keywords:
Bronchitis, Systematic Review, cough
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/438360
ISSN: 0012-3692
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Maeve Smith
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Sonal Singh
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Belinda Ireland
Author:
Adam Hill
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Jeff Linder
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Richard Irwin
Corporate Author: CHEST Expert Cough Panel
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