Acute bronchitis
EBM Guidelines
Aug 16, 2024 • Latest change Aug 16, 2024
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Extract
- The essential symptoms of acute bronchitis are cough and expectoration of sputum that have lasted less than 3 weeks. In addition, there are usually other symptoms of respiratory tract infection (rhinitis, sore throat, hoarseness).
- Acute bronchitis is usually a viral infection that does not require antimicrobial therapy.
- The most important issue in the diagnostics is to exclude pneumonia.
Linked evidence summaries
- There is no good evidence for or against the effectiveness of over-the-counter medications in acute cough.D
- Beta2-agonists in acute bronchitis may not be beneficial except in patients with airway obstruction and then at the expense of adverse effects.C
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