Olfactory dysfunction among patients with COVID-19

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OBJECTIVES: To assess the frequency of olfactory dysfunction (OD) among individuals afflicted with coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19).

METHODS: A comprehensive literature search was carried out across several bibliographical databases (PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, and Web of Science) to extract publications in the English language between January 2020 and December 2021 to report the incidence of OD alone or together with gustatory dysfunction (GD) among COVID-19 patients.

RESULTS: Based on eligibility criteria, 84 articles were included from 27 countries, comprising 36,903 patients, of whom 58.1% were females. The generality rates of olfactory impairment alone was 34.60% and in conjunction with GD was 11.36%. Patients with OD were subclassified into various categories, and the prevalence of anosmia was 20.85%, 5.04% for hyposmia, 8.88% for anosmia or hyposmia, 1.84% for parosmia, 0.78% for phantosmia, and 0.02% for hyperosmia, among COVID-19 patients.

CONCLUSION: Clinical features associated with OD, either isolated or in combination with GD, are common in patients with COVID-19 and consider important signs of COVID-19 that may guide clinicians in the early phase of the disease.PROSPERO Reg. No.: 417296.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:44

Enthalten in:

Saudi medical journal - 44(2023), 11 vom: 03. Nov., Seite 1085-1103

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Alkholaiwi, Feras M [VerfasserIn]
Altamimi, Alhanouf F [VerfasserIn]
Almalki, Hanan H [VerfasserIn]
Almughaiseeb, Fay A [VerfasserIn]
Alsubaie, Shoug S [VerfasserIn]
Alsayahi, Hessah S [VerfasserIn]
Alhijli, Fras W [VerfasserIn]
Alobaishi, Reema S [VerfasserIn]
Agrawal, Amit [VerfasserIn]
Alqahtani, Zuhour A [VerfasserIn]
Alotaibi, Fahad Z [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anosmia
COVID-19
Hyposmia
Journal Article
Olfactory dysfunction
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 07.11.2023

Date Revised 16.12.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.15537/smj.2023.44.11.20230264

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364182903