
Clinical Features of Cough Following ACE Inhibitor Therapy
Purpose: | To evaluate a patient with chronic cough who is being treated with an angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor. |
Specialty: | Pulmonology |
Objective: | clinical diagnosis, including family history for genetics, adverse effects |
ICD-10: | R05, T38.9 |
Description: | A patient treated with an angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor may develop a chronic cough that will last as long as the person continues to take the drug and for several weeks after discontinuation. |
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