作者
Maryam Jalessi, Mitra Barati, Mohammad Rohani, Elahe Amini, Anis Ourang, Zahra Azad, Farideh Hosseinzadeh, Francesco Cavallieri, Reza Ghadirpour, Franco Valzania, Corrado Iaccarino, Arman Ahmadzadeh, Mohammad Farhadi
发表日期
2020/9
期刊
Neurological Sciences
卷号
41
页码范围
2331-2338
出版商
Springer International Publishing
简介
Background
Olfactory dysfunction has shown to accompany COVID-19. There are varying data regarding the exact frequency in the various study population. The outcome of the olfactory impairment is also not clearly defined.
Objective
To find the frequency of olfactory impairment and its outcome in hospitalized patients with positive swab test for COVID-19.
Methods
This is a prospective descriptive study of 100 hospitalized COVID-19 patients, randomly sampled, from February to March 2020. Demographics, comorbidities, and laboratory findings were analyzed according to the olfactory loss or sinonasal symptoms. The olfactory impairment and sinonasal symptoms were evaluated by 9 Likert scale questions asked from the patients.
Results
Ninety-two patients completed the follow-up (means 20.1 (± 7.42) days). Twenty-two (23.91%) patients complained of olfactory loss and in 6 (6.52%) patients olfactory loss …
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