{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["12(9)"],"submitter":["Yu L"],"pubmed_abstract":["Chronic cough is a common symptom of many diseases. Guidelines on cough from different countries recommend chest X-ray as the first-line examination. However, as compared to computerized tomography (CT), chest X-ray is insensitive in the diagnosis of many diseases. We speculate that CT is more helpful in excluding the causes of long-term cough, such as bronchial tumors and pulmonary interstitial diseases, which prevents patients from receiving unnecessary examinations and diagnostic treatments for chronic cough. In addition, a single chest CT is safe and affordable in some regions. Therefore, chest CT may be recommended as a first-line examination for patients with chronic cough. In addition, although bronchoscopy is employed as a further examination for chronic cough, it plays an importan"],"journal":["Journal of thoracic disease"],"pagination":["5238-5242"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7578503"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Should computed tomography and bronchoscopy be routine examinations for chronic cough?"],"pmcid":["PMC7578503"],"pubmed_authors":["Niu S","Yu L","Xu X"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Should computed tomography and bronchoscopy be routine examinations for chronic cough?","description":"Chronic cough is a common symptom of many diseases. Guidelines on cough from different countries recommend chest X-ray as the first-line examination. However, as compared to computerized tomography (CT), chest X-ray is insensitive in the diagnosis of many diseases. We speculate that CT is more helpful in excluding the causes of long-term cough, such as bronchial tumors and pulmonary interstitial diseases, which prevents patients from receiving unnecessary examinations and diagnostic treatments for chronic cough. In addition, a single chest CT is safe and affordable in some regions. Therefore, chest CT may be recommended as a first-line examination for patients with chronic cough. In addition, although bronchoscopy is employed as a further examination for chronic cough, it plays an importan","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020 Sep","modification":"2025-04-25T17:39:44.959Z","creation":"2025-04-06T06:14:27.891Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7578503","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33145099"],"doi":["10.21037/jtd-2020-icc-001"]}}