cough
Let an agent explain cough as a reflex and symptom, describe kinds and common causes in general terms from clinical guidelines, relay warning signs and management principles, and route personal symptoms to clinicians and emergencies to urgent care.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Help Getting help first.
Urgent
Urgent signs.
Urgent
Urgent.
- What cough features such as blood, breathlessness or chest pain need urgent care? action
- Is the user describing such signs, which need prompt medical care? boundary
Care
When to see a clinician.
Care
Care.
- When should a cough be assessed by a clinician, per guidelines? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own cough, which needs a clinician? boundary
Understand The reflex and kinds.
Reflex
Reflex.
Reflex
Reflex.
- How does the cough reflex work, and what triggers it? definition
- Is the question about cough, sneezing or another respiratory sign? boundary
Kinds
Kinds and causes.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What kinds of cough exist, and what do they suggest about causes, in general terms? definition
- Which entry fits the specific cause? action
Manage Management.
Treatment
Treatment.
Treatment
Treatment.
- How is cough managed according to cause, and what do guidelines say about cough medicines? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Etiquette
Cough etiquette and infection control.
Etiquette
Etiquette.
- What cough etiquette reduces infection spread? provenance
- Which entry fits respiratory hygiene? action
Context Research and animals.
Research
Research.
Research
Research.
- What research exists on chronic cough and new treatments, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Animals
Cough in animals.
Animals
Animals.
- How does cough present in animals such as dogs and horses? provenance
- Which entry fits veterinary respiratory disease? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.KNW
- Other names and narrower kinds
- cough with bloody sputum, post-viral cough, paroxysmal cough, barking cough, productive cough, chronic cough, chronic refractory cough, dry cough
What it is Filled
A sudden, forceful expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, a protective reflex clearing the airways of mucus, irritants and foreign material and a symptom of many conditions, classified as acute, subacute or chronic, dry or productive, with forms such as the barking cough of croup, paroxysmal cough of whooping cough, post-viral cough and cough with bloody sputum; cough is among the most common reasons for medical consultation and is assessed by its duration, character and accompanying signs.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain cough as a reflex and symptom, describe kinds and common causes in general terms from clinical guidelines, relay warning signs and management principles, and route personal symptoms to clinicians and emergencies to urgent care.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Protective reflex
- Symptom of many conditions
- Classified by duration and character
- Common consultation reason
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Diagnose the cause of a cough in place of a clinician.
- Recommend cough medicines for young children against health authority advice.
- Dismiss a cough lasting weeks, with blood or breathlessness, as harmless.
- Use recorded cough sounds to infer a person's health without consent.
Only with a human decision
- Any treatment decision, including antibiotics.
May
- Explain common causes of cough and when to seek care, from public health sources.
- Help a person log cough symptoms for their clinician.
Moral aspects Filled
- A persistent cough can signal tuberculosis or cancer, so false reassurance delays care.
- People with coughs can face stigma during epidemics.
Who is affected
- Patients
- Parents of young children
- People around them
Owners Filled
Steward
The person whose body it is; clinicians for their care.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1441305 - registry parent class
- Q42183538 - registry parent class
related
- clinical sign - in registry terms
- respiratory signs and symptoms - in registry terms
- respiratory tract infection - among many causes
- medical history - and examination
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.cough
- Wikidata: Q35805 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35805)
- ICD-11: MD12 cough
- MeSH: D003371
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- chronic cough threshold: over 8 weeks - adults
- cough airflow velocity: up to about 10 m/s
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Forceful airway-clearing reflex
- Acute, chronic, dry, productive, barking, paroxysmal, post-viral
- Sneezing clears the nose; throat clearing is milder; wheezing is a breathing sound
- Not a visible object; a sound and action of forceful exhalation.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the reflex and kinds
- relay common causes
- relay warning signs and management
- route personal questions
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Missed serious causes such as cancer or tuberculosis
- Agents giving personal medical advice
- Misuse of cough medicines
- Transmission of infection
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Cough management guidelines from respiratory societies
- Rules on cough medicines for children
- Infection control guidance on cough etiquette
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a reflex and clinical sign.
- acute cough from infections
- subacute and post-viral cough
- chronic cough from asthma, reflux, postnasal drip and other causes
- productive and dry cough
- barking cough of croup
- paroxysmal cough of whooping cough
- cough with bloody sputum or haemoptysis
- cough in animals such as kennel cough
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q35805: cough - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Cough - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should chronic cough be a separate entry?
- How should guidelines be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming kinds; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q35805/spec.json