Acute Bronchitis

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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