The relationship between Covid-19 and mucociliary clearance.
Acta Otolaryngol
; 141(11): 989-993, 2021 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1479845
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The effect of Covid-19 infection on nasal mucociliary clearance (MCC) is unknown. AIMS/OBJECTIVES:
The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between Covid-19 and nasal MCC in terms of smoking, Covid-19 symptoms and treatment.METHODS:
Thirty-six patients who were hospitalized in the pandemic ward due to Covid-19 and 36 volunteers (Covid-19 negative test result) who presented to the otolaryngology outpatient clinic with non-nasal symptoms were included in this study. The Saccharin test was performed in both groups to evaluate nasal MCC.RESULTS:
The patients and control groups were not significantly different in terms of age and gender. The nasal MCC time was significantly higher in the patient group compared to the control group (19.18 ± 10.84 min and 13.78 ± 8.18 min, p = .003). CONCLUSIONS ANDSIGNIFICANCE:
In this study, we found that Covid-19 prolonged nasal MCC time regardless of age. We suggest that corticosteroids should be included in the treatment of Covid-19, both with its symptom reduction and its positive effect on MCC duration.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Smoking
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Mucociliary Clearance
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COVID-19
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Nasal Mucosa
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
Acta Otolaryngol
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
00016489.2021.1991592
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