作者
Paolo J Fantozzi, Emanuele Pampena, Domenico Di Vanna, Eugenia Pellegrino, Daniele Corbi, Stefano Mammucari, Federica Alessi, Riccardo Pampena, Giuliano Bertazzoni, Salvatore Minisola, Claudio Maria Mastroianni, Antonella Polimeni, Umberto Romeo, Alessandro Villa
发表日期
2020/11/1
期刊
American journal of otolaryngology
卷号
41
期号
6
页码范围
102721
出版商
WB Saunders
简介
Background
The novel Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) continues to have profound effect on global health. Our aim was to evaluate the prevalence and characterize specific symptoms associated with COVID-19.
Methods
This retrospective study included 326 patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection evaluated at the Emergency Department of the Umberto I Polyclinic Hospital, Rome, Italy between March 6th and April 30th, 2020. In order to assess xerostomia, olfactory and gustatory dysfunctions secondary to COVID-19, a telephone-based a modified survey obtained from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2013–2014 for taste and smell disorders and the Fox Questionnaire for dry mouth were administered to 111 patients (34%) after discharge between June 4th and June 12th.
Results
Taste dysfunction was the most common reported symptom (59.5%; n = 66), followed by …
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