Prognosis of olfactory and gustatory dysfunctions in COVID‐19 patients: A case series

Abstract Although most COVID‐19 patients feel their olfactory function returns to normal, the smell test demonstrates that a mild impairment of the olfactory function may have remained. Therefore, their olfactory function should be evaluated by a smell test.

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Main Authors: Po‐Yu Liu, Rong‐San Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-12-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3269
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spelling doaj-7254076c49e540bb8fdd5d9d895700be2021-08-02T06:23:37ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042020-12-018122744275210.1002/ccr3.3269Prognosis of olfactory and gustatory dysfunctions in COVID‐19 patients: A case seriesPo‐Yu Liu0Rong‐San Jiang1Division of Infection Department of Internal Medicine Taichung Veterans General Hospital Taichung TaiwanRong Hsing Research Center for Translational Medicine National Chung Hsing University Taichung TaiwanAbstract Although most COVID‐19 patients feel their olfactory function returns to normal, the smell test demonstrates that a mild impairment of the olfactory function may have remained. Therefore, their olfactory function should be evaluated by a smell test.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3269coronavirus disease 2019gustatory dysfunctionolfactory dysfunctionsmell testtaste test
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author Po‐Yu Liu
Rong‐San Jiang
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Rong‐San Jiang
Prognosis of olfactory and gustatory dysfunctions in COVID‐19 patients: A case series
Clinical Case Reports
coronavirus disease 2019
gustatory dysfunction
olfactory dysfunction
smell test
taste test
author_facet Po‐Yu Liu
Rong‐San Jiang
author_sort Po‐Yu Liu
title Prognosis of olfactory and gustatory dysfunctions in COVID‐19 patients: A case series
title_short Prognosis of olfactory and gustatory dysfunctions in COVID‐19 patients: A case series
title_full Prognosis of olfactory and gustatory dysfunctions in COVID‐19 patients: A case series
title_fullStr Prognosis of olfactory and gustatory dysfunctions in COVID‐19 patients: A case series
title_full_unstemmed Prognosis of olfactory and gustatory dysfunctions in COVID‐19 patients: A case series
title_sort prognosis of olfactory and gustatory dysfunctions in covid‐19 patients: a case series
publisher Wiley
series Clinical Case Reports
issn 2050-0904
publishDate 2020-12-01
description Abstract Although most COVID‐19 patients feel their olfactory function returns to normal, the smell test demonstrates that a mild impairment of the olfactory function may have remained. Therefore, their olfactory function should be evaluated by a smell test.
topic coronavirus disease 2019
gustatory dysfunction
olfactory dysfunction
smell test
taste test
url https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3269
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