PHRM 3820 Cough Questions with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: cough causes
Answer: mucus, germs, dust -> automatic response and protection
Question 2: cough reflex arc
Answer: afferent: sensory nerve fibers in upper airways stimulated and impulses go to the medulla central:
coordinating region for coughing in upper brainstem efferent: impulses from central pathway travel through
nerves to diaphragm, abdominal wall, and msucles
Question 3: acute cough
Answer: less than 3 weeks viral URTI, pneumonia asthma, foreign body aspiration
Question 4: subacute cough
Answer: 3-8 weeks residual
Question 5: chronic cough
Answer: >8 weeks medical conditions (UACS, asthma, GERD, COPD, ACEIs)
Question 6: productive cough
Answer: secretions from lower respiratory tract effective or ineffective
Question 7: effective cough
Answer: productive cough where secretions are easily expelled
Question 8: ineffective cough
Answer: productive cough where secretions are difficult to expel
Question 9: nonproductive cough
Answer: no useful physiological purpose caused by viral infections, atypical bacterial infections, GERD,
cardiac disease, and some medications
Question 10: most common complications of continued cough
Answer: exhaustion, insomnia, musculoskeletal pain, hoarseness, urinary incontinence
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Question 1: cough causes
Answer: mucus, germs, dust -> automatic response and protection
Question 2: cough reflex arc
Answer: afferent: sensory nerve fibers in upper airways stimulated and impulses go to the medulla central:
coordinating region for coughing in upper brainstem efferent: impulses from central pathway travel through
nerves to diaphragm, abdominal wall, and msucles
Question 3: acute cough
Answer: less than 3 weeks viral URTI, pneumonia asthma, foreign body aspiration
Question 4: subacute cough
Answer: 3-8 weeks residual
Question 5: chronic cough
Answer: >8 weeks medical conditions (UACS, asthma, GERD, COPD, ACEIs)
Question 6: productive cough
Answer: secretions from lower respiratory tract effective or ineffective
Question 7: effective cough
Answer: productive cough where secretions are easily expelled
Question 8: ineffective cough
Answer: productive cough where secretions are difficult to expel
Question 9: nonproductive cough
Answer: no useful physiological purpose caused by viral infections, atypical bacterial infections, GERD,
cardiac disease, and some medications
Question 10: most common complications of continued cough
Answer: exhaustion, insomnia, musculoskeletal pain, hoarseness, urinary incontinence
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