Whooping Cough
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Whooping Cough Complications
Complications of whooping
cough
include:
Dehydration
Encephalopathy
Pneumonia
Seizures
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Whooping Cough Underlying Cause
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Last Updated: Sep 2, 2008
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John H. Beckett, MD
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D. Scott Gettings, MD
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Whooping Cough References:
Altunaiji S, Kukuruzovic R, Curtis N, Massie J. Antibiotics for whooping cough (pertussis). Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2005 Jan 25;(1):CD004404.
Pillay V, Swingler G. Symptomatic treatment of the cough in whooping cough. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2003;(4):CD003257.
Watanabe M, Nagai M. Whooping cough due to Bordetella parapertussis: an unresolved problem. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2004 Jun;2(3):447-54.
