作者
Alna Carolina Mendes Paranhos, Ápio Ricardo Nazareth Dias, Livia Caroline Machado da Silva, Gisele Vieira Hennemann Koury, Emanuel de Jesus Sousa, Antônio José Cerasi, Givago Silva Souza, Juarez Antônio Simões Quaresma, Luiz Fábio Magno Falcão
发表日期
2022/9/1
期刊
JAMA Network Open
卷号
5
期号
9
页码范围
e2230637-e2230637
出版商
American Medical Association
简介
Importance
Determining the characteristics, type, and severity of olfactory dysfunction in patients with long COVID is important for the prognosis and potential treatment of the affected population.
Objective
To describe the sociodemographic and clinical features of patients with long COVID who develop persistent olfactory dysfunction.
Design, Setting, and Participants
This cross-sectional study, conducted at a rehabilitation center at a public university in the Amazon region of Brazil between September 9, 2020, and October 20, 2021, comprised 219 patients with long COVID and self-reported neurologic symptoms. Of these 219 patients, 139 received a diagnosis of chronic olfactory dysfunction, as confirmed by the Connecticut Chemosensory Clinical Research Center (CCCRC) test.
Exposure
Clinical diagnosis of long COVID.
Main Outcomes and Measures
Electronic case report forms were prepared for the collection of …
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