[Loss of smell, a preliminary indicator of COVID-19]. / La pérdida del olfato, un indicador preliminar de COVID-19.
Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc
; 59(1): 4-6, 2021 Feb 02.
Article
in Spanish
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1119707
ABSTRACT
Some reports have been recently published on olfactory loss in people with severe COVID-19. It is suggested to take into consideration the recommendations of the American Academy of Otolaryngology and the British Association of Otorhinolaryngology to include olfactory loss as an early clinical symptom of COVID-19 and consider sudden olfactory loss, as a high index of suspicion of SARS-CoV-2 infection. It can be established that the majority of patients with olfactory loss due to COVID-19, present hyposmia and not anosmia. Patients with olfactory loss, who had SARS-CoV-2 infection, should be classified as loss secondary to viral infection.
RESUMEN
En fechas recientes se han publicado algunos informes sobre la pérdida olfatoria en personas con COVID-19. Se sugiere tomar en consideración las recomendaciones de la American Academy of Otolaryngology y la British Association of Otorhinolaryngology para agregar la pérdida olfatoria como síntoma clínico temprano de COVID-19, y considerar la pérdida súbita olfatoria como alto índice de sospecha de infección por SARS-CoV-2. Se puede establecer que la mayoría de los pacientes con pérdida olfatoria por COVID-19 presentan hiposmia y no anosmia. Los pacientes con pérdida olfatoria que cursaron con infección por SARS-CoV-2 deben ser clasificados como pérdida secundaria a infección viral.
Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Anosmia
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COVID-19
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Olfaction Disorders
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc
Journal subject:
Medicine
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Social Medicine
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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