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The etiology of cough can be determined in most cases when considered in terms of duration. Treatment should be tailored to the diagnosis.

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  1. Division of Pulmonary Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Brigham/Salem Hospital, Salem, MA, USA

    Israa Soghier

  2. Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Okinawa Chubu Hospital, Uruma City, Okinawa, Japan

    Kiyoshi Kinjo

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Soghier, I., Kinjo, K. (2022). Cough. In: Sydney, E., Weinstein, E., Rucker, L.M. (eds) Handbook of Outpatient Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15353-2_11

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