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
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