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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hamed, Sherifa Ahmed
• Kamal-Eldeen, Eman Bahaa
• Ahmed, Mohamed Azzam Abdel-Razek

Titel

Evaluation of children and adults with post-COVID-19 persistent smell, taste and trigeminal chemosensory disorders: A hospital based study

Ist Teil von

• World journal of clinical pediatrics, 2023-06, Vol.12 (3), p.133-150

Ort / Verlag

United States: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

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EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Smell disorders are the most frequent persistent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) complications. To describe the patterns and characteristics of persistent smell and taste disorders in Egyptian patients. Assessment was done to 185 patients (adults = 150, age: 31.41 ± 8.63 years; children = 35; age: 15.66 ± 1.63 years). Otolaryngology and neuropsychiatric evaluations were done. Measurements included: A clinical questionnaire (for smell and taste); sniffin' odor, taste and flavor identification tests and the Questionnaire of Olfactory Disorders-Negative Statements (sQOD-NS). Duration of disorders was 11.53 ± 3.97 ms (6-24 ms). Parosmia ( = 119; 64.32%) was developed months after anosmia (3.05 ± 1.87 ms). Objective testing showed anosmia in all, ageusia and flavor loss in 20% ( = 37) and loss of nasal and oral trigeminal sensations in 18% ( = 33) and 20% ( = 37), respectively. Patients had low scoring of sQOD-NS (11.41 ± 3.66). There were no specific differences in other demographics and clinical variables which could distinguish post-COVID-19 smell and taste disorders in children from adults. The course of small and taste disorders are supportive of the nasal and oral neuronal compromises. Post-COVID-19 taste and trigeminal disorders were less frequent compared to smell disorders. Post-COVID-19 flavor disorders were solely dependent on taste and not smell disorders. There were no demographics, clinical variables at onset or specific profile of these disorders in children compared to adults.