Gaining Back What Is Lost: Recovering the Sense of Smell in Mild to Moderate Patients After COVID-19
Gaining Back What Is Lost: Recovering the Sense of Smell in Mild to Moderate Patients After COVID-19
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DOI:
10.1093/chemse/bjaa066
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发表时间:
2020-11-01
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影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Quaranta, Nicola
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作者:
Iannuzzi, Lucia;Salzo, Anna Eugenia;Quaranta, Nicola
The purpose of our cohort study was to quantify olfactory deficits in Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients using Sniffin' Sticks and a pre-post design to evaluate olfactory recovery. Thirty adult patients with laboratory-confirmed mild to moderate forms of COVID-19 underwent a quantitative olfactory test performed with the Sniffin' Sticks test (SST; Burghardt, Wedel, Germany), considering olfactory threshold (T), odor discrimination (D), and odor identification (I). Results were presented as a compositeTDI score (range 1-48) that used to define functional anosmia (TDI