Children with a chronic cough

Focusing on how to diagnose chronic cough in children and decide who needs investigations within primary care.

• Prolonged cough in children – who needs investigating?
• Type of cough
• Diagnosis

Dr Ian Balfour-Lynn is a consultant in paediatric respiratory medicine at Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals.

Dr Ian Balfour-Lynn specialises in all aspects of paediatric respiratory medicine and performs all complex investigations including flexible bronchoscopy as a diagnostic tool. He is a specialist in severe infant wheezing, severe asthma, cystic fibrosis and recurrent chest infections.