COVID-19 Anosmia Reporting Tool: Initial Findings

There is accumulating anecdotal evidence that anosmia and dysgeusia are associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. To investigate their relationship to SARS-CoV2 infection, the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery developed the COVID-19 Anosmia Reporting Tool for Clinicians for the b...

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Published in:Otolaryngology-head and neck surgery Vol. 163; no. 1; p. 132
Main Authors: Kaye, Rachel, Chang, C W David, Kazahaya, Ken, Brereton, Jean, Denneny, 3rd, James C
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England 01.07.2020
Subjects:
Betacoronavirus
Coronavirus Infections - complications
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
COVID-19
Global Health
Humans
Incidence
Olfaction Disorders - epidemiology
Olfaction Disorders - etiology
Otolaryngology - standards
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral - complications
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2
Smell
COVID-19
coronavirus
smell
dysgeusia
anosmia
taste
ISSN:1097-6817, 1097-6817
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Summary:There is accumulating anecdotal evidence that anosmia and dysgeusia are associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. To investigate their relationship to SARS-CoV2 infection, the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery developed the COVID-19 Anosmia Reporting Tool for Clinicians for the basis of this pilot study. This tool allows health care providers to confidentially submit cases of anosmia and dysgeusia related to COVID-19. We analyzed the first 237 entries, which revealed that anosmia was noted in 73% of patients prior to COVID-19 diagnosis and was the initial symptom in 26.6%. Some improvement was noted in 27% of patients, with a mean time to improvement of 7.2 days in this group (85% of this group improved within 10 days). Our findings suggest that anomia can be a presenting symptom of COVID-19, consistent with other emerging international reports. Anosmia may be critical in timely identification of individuals infected with SARS-CoV2 who may be unwittingly transmitting the virus.
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ISSN:1097-6817
1097-6817
DOI:10.1177/0194599820922992