About this episode

The episode discusses the evaluation and management of acute bronchitis based on recent evidence.

In this episode, Tracey Davidoff, MD, Joe Toscano, MD, and Evan Nelson, MD, discuss the May 2026 Evidence-Based Urgent Care article, Urgent Care Evaluation and Management of Acute Bronchitis. 0:08 Introduction 1:08 Topic & guest introduction 2:14 Differential diagnosis 4:03 Respiratory virus testing 6:42 Positive viral diagnosis & antibiotic prescribing 8:00 Duration of cough & post-infectious cough 9:41 Antibiotic stewardship 12:07 Cough & cold medicines 14:44 Narcotics & corticosteroids 16:05 Steroid stewardship 17:24 Radiologic stewardship & chest X-rays 20:46 Sputum color 21:53 Albuterol 24:21 Special populations 25:37 Take-home points & patient education 27:08 Wrap-up and outro Subscribes, take the CME test here ! Not a subscriber? Join here !

People in this episode

Guests: Tracey Davidoff, MD, Joe Toscano, MD, Evan Nelson, MD

Topics covered

• Acute Bronchitis
• Respiratory virus testing
• Antibiotic stewardship
• Cough management
• Patient education

Keywords

• acute bronchitis
• respiratory viruses
• antibiotic prescribing
• cough duration
• patient education

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: May 2026 Evidence-Based Urgent Care article, Urgent Care Evaluation and Management of Acute Bronchitis

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