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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Chi, Hsin
• Chiu, Nan-Chang
• Peng, Chun-Chih
• Lin, Chao-Hsu
• Tai, Yu-Lin
• Lee, Ming-Dar
• Cheng, Yu-Jyun
• Tan, Boon Fatt
• Lin, Chien-Yu

Titel

One-Seventh of Patients with COVID-19 Had Olfactory and Gustatory Abnormalities as Their Initial Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Ist Teil von

• Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2020-08, Vol.10 (9), p.158

Ort / Verlag

Basel: MDPI AG

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

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Quelle

Free E-Journal (出版社公開部分のみ）

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients exhibited protean clinical manifestations. Olfactory and gustatory abnormalities (anosmia and ageusia) were observed in COVID-19 patients, but the reported prevalence varied. In this systematic review, the prevalence of olfactory and gustatory abnormalities (OGA) was evaluated in laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients. On 8 May 2020, 14,506 articles were screened, while 12 of them were enrolled. A total of 1739 COVID-19 patients were analyzed, with a wide range of prevalence observed (5.6–94%). The pooled prevalence was 48.5% with high heterogeneity (I2, 98.8%; p < 0.0001). In total, 15.5% had OGA as their first symptom (I2, 22.6%; p = 0.27) among the patients analyzed. Contradictory to COVID-19 negative controls, patients with COVID-19 had a higher risk of OGA (odds ratio, 5.3; I2, 66.5%; p = 0.03). In conclusion, approximately half of COVID-19 patients had OGA, and one-seventh of them had OGA as their initial symptoms. OGA were cardinal symptoms of COVID-19, which may serve as clues for early diagnosis. Diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 was suggested in patients with OGA during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure timely diagnosis and appropriate quarantine.