Olfactory and Gustatory Dysfunctions in Patients With Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 Infection: A Change in the Trend
| Autor: | Sandeep Trehan, Priti Lal, Shilpam Sharma, S N Sneha, Shweta Jaitly, Isha Preet Tuli, Priyanka Chamoli |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
education.field_of_study Taste Longitudinal study Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic business.industry Population COVID-19 India Olfaction Asymptomatic Otorhinolaryngology Dysfunction Internal medicine medicine Surgery In patient Original Article medicine.symptom business education Gustation |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery |
| ISSN: | 2231-3796 |
| Popis: | To study the presence of olfactory and gustatory dysfunctions in patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection in our set up. Longitudinal study, 1st March 2020-15th August 2020, at a tertiary care hospital. RT PCR positive for SARSCoV-2 patients, above 18 years age included. Excluding patients with previous history of changes in smell or taste sensation, severely ill at the time of admission, history of taking drugs at the time of COVID 19 infection that affect the smell or taste sensation. 435 patients included after obtaining an institutional ethical clearance. After an informed consent, these patients were followed up telephonically, to record any subjective improvement in olfactory or gustatory symptoms and an approximate duration of recovery. Olfactory and/or gustatory dysfunction 10.8% (47/435). Mean (SD) age—34.53(10.8) years. Females affected significantly more [X2 (1, N = 435) = 7.45, p value is 0.006, significant at p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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