Olfactory Dysfunction Among Patients with COVID-19

Overview

Journal Saudi Med J

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2023 Nov 5

PMID 37926445

Authors

Feras M Alkholaiwi

Alhanouf F Altamimi

Hanan H Almalki

Fay A Almughaiseeb

Shoug S Alsubaie

Hessah S Alsayahi

Fras W Alhijli

Reema S Alobaishi

Amit Agrawal

Zuhour A Alqahtani

Fahad Z Alotaibi

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Abstract

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..

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