Signs & Symptoms
Signs & Symptoms
Red flags requiring urgent admission:
- HR >130
- RR >30
- Systolic BP <90
- O2 sats <92%
- PEFR <33%
- Altered consciousness
- Accessory muscle use
Accessory muscle use
- Leicester cough questionnaire for severity assessment – Pulse oximetry
- PEFR in asthmatics
- Pertussis serology if suspected
- CRP
- Spirometry
- CXR for chronic unexplained cough
- Methacholine challenge
- Sputum cytology
- Immunological test