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Acute Cough Triage in Children

Indications: Immediate Clinical Evaluation
1. Dyspnea (Not due to stuffy nose)
  1. Pneumonia
2. Cyanosis with coughing spasms
  1. Bacterial Tracheitis
  2. Acute Bronchiolitis
  3. Pertussis (is child immunized?)
3. Apneic episodes
4. Hemoptysis
  1. Pneumonia
  2. Bacterial Tracheitis
5. Suspected airway Foreign Body Aspiration
Indications: Acute clinical evaluation
1. Age <3 months old
  1. Pneumonia
2. Fever for 72 hours
  1. Pneumonia
3. Cough Duration >3 weeks
4. Awakening more than twice each night
5. Vomiting more than twice daily
Indications: Additional for acute evaluation age >4 years
1. Productive Cough of Yellow or Green mucus for >12 hours
  1. Pneumonia
  2. Superinfected Bronchitis
2. Chest Pain
3. School absence >2 days

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