Diagnostic Essentials of Dry and Wet Cough

Course Description

Tailored for general physicians, community doctors, and HCPs, this course aims to enhance their knowledge and clinical management skills.

Led by esteemed experts in the field, this online module on “Diagnostic Essentials of Dry and Wet Cough” promises to deliver valuable insights and practical guidance to optimize patient care.

Cough is a protective reflex to sustain ventilation and can present as wet or dry cough. The diagnostic approach is based on a detailed history, clinical examination, and cough characteristics and disease presentation. Underlying causes and risk factors should be determined in patients presenting with cough.

Specific treatment strategies include – identifying the etiology, cessation of deleterious habit/exposure, antibiotics. Cough is one of the most frequently reported symptoms in clinical settings, signaling respiratory, infectious, or systemic conditions. This module captures the essentials of dry vs. wet cough diagnostics