REVIEW
A paper that changed my practice: S McKenzie. Cough but is it asthma? Arch Dis Child 1994;70:12
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
D Spencer
Department of Respiratory Paediatrics, Regional Cardiothoracic Centre, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK;david.spencer{at}nuth.northy.nhs.uk
Most doctors can identify key papers that have influenced their approach to the management of a particular clinical problem, although sometimes the gestation period of this effect can be very prolonged. In this short review I discuss the effects of a seminal paper by Sheila Mackenzie from the early 1990s on my current approach to the diagnosis and management of chronic cough in children.
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