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Palliative cancer care - cough - Management
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- Scenario: Assessment of cough: covers the potential causes of cough in palliative cancer care, and the history, examination, and investigations which may be necessary to elicit the cause of the cough.
- Scenario: Known cause of cough: covers the palliative cancer care management of a person with cough of known cause, including infection.
- Scenario: Symptomatic treatment: covers the palliative cancer care management of a person with cough of unknown cause, including symptomatic management of dry and moist cough.
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