Ohio Nursing CE Requirements Package - 24 Contact Hours
Included Courses
Courses included in this package. Click on a course to learn more.
- Pediatric Concussions: Best Practices for Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries (mTBI) 8
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- The Ohio Nurse Practice Act 1
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Chronic Cough in Adults 10
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Course release date: 8/1/2024
Course Overview
Chronic cough is common, debilitating, often treatment-refractory, and can persist for years or decades as patients cycle through repetitive clinical workups without effective treatment. Hypersensitivity of vagal afferent neurons in the airways and their central projections underlies chronic cough, regardless of inciting etiology or comorbid disease. Thorough assessment to identify and treat potential causes is required. Coughing that persists is considered refractory chronic cough; for these patients, the therapeutic focus shifts to downregulating the hypersensitive cough pathway. Chronic cough is now considered a distinct pathologic entity and not merely a symptom of another disease. This distinction is important for clinicians to make.