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dc.contributor.authorGoyal, V
dc.contributor.authorGrimwood, K
dc.contributor.authorMarchant, J
dc.contributor.authorMasters, IB
dc.contributor.authorChang, AB
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:18:04Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:18:04Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.issn0003-9888
dc.identifier.doi10.1136/archdischild-2013-304793
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/66840
dc.description.abstractAim To determine whether a child with chronic wet cough and poor response to at least 4 weeks of oral antibiotics is more likely to have bronchiectasis. Methods All chest multi-detector computerised tomography (MDCT) scans at a single paediatric tertiary hospital from April 2010 to August 2012 were reviewed retrospectively so as to identify those ordered by respiratory physicians for assessment of children with a chronic wet cough. Information regarding age, sex, ethnicity, indication for imaging and the response to at least 4 weeks of antibiotics before having the scan were recorded from their charts. The data were analysed using simple and multiple logistic regression. Results Of the 144 (87 males) eligible children, 106 (65 males, 30 Indigenous) aged 10-199 months had MDCT scan evidence of bronchiectasis. Antibiotic data were available for 129 children. Among the 105 children with persistent cough despite at least 4 weeks of antibiotics, 88 (83.8%) had bronchiectasis, while of the 24 children whose cough resolved after antibiotics, only six (25.0%) received this diagnosis (adjusted OR 20.9; 95% CI 5.36 to 81.8). Being Indigenous was also independently associated with radiographic evidence of bronchiectasis (adjusted OR 5.86; 95% CI 1.20 to 28.5). Conclusions Further investigations including a MDCT scan should be considered in a child with a chronic wet cough that persists following 4 weeks of oral antibiotics. However, while reducing the likelihood of underlying bronchiectasis, responding well to a single prolonged course of antibiotics does not exclude this diagnosis completely.
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dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherB M J Group
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom522
dc.relation.ispartofpageto525
dc.relation.ispartofjournalArchives of Disease in Childhood
dc.relation.ispartofvolume99
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.titleDoes failed chronic wet cough response to antibiotics predict bronchiectasis?
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.griffith.authorGrimwood, Keith


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