Causes of chronic productive cough A chronic ‘productive’ or ‘wet’ cough is a common presenting complaint for patients.The definition of a “chronic productive cough” was considered to be a cough regularly leading to the expectoration of sputum with the same duration as the standard definition of chronic cough i.e. more than 8 weeks....

The 2017 ACC/AHA guidelines eliminate the (JNC 7) classification of prehypertension and divides it into two levels: Elevated blood pressure with a systolic pressure between 120 and 129 mm Hg and diastolic pressure less than 80 mm Hg Stage 1 hypertension, with a systolic pressure of 130 to 139 mm Hg or a diastoli...