COVID-19 Symptomatology from the Otorhinolaryngology Perspective: Survey from Tertiary Care Center
Introduction To identify and substantiate the prevalence and severity of different otolaryngological symptoms documented in laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients. Materials and Methods This monocentric study was performed at SHKM Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic and all patients test...
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Introduction
To identify and substantiate the prevalence and severity of different otolaryngological symptoms documented in laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients.
Materials and Methods
This monocentric study was performed at SHKM Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic and all patients testing positive for COVID-19 over a 16-month period (April 2020 to July 2021) were recruited. Demographic features, general symptoms, and otolaryngological symptoms were evaluated and compared by disease severity. Patients with otolaryngological manifestations were asked to complete questionnaires and their symptom severity was evaluated using visual analogue scale (VAS).
Results
722 patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 infection were included in the study. Median age was 37.7 ± 10.6 years (range 19–85 years), 66.20% (n = 478) were males and 33.79% (n = 244) were females. The most common general symptoms were fever, cough and fatigue/malaise with respective frequencies of 77.42%, 67.45% and 54.70%. The most common otorhinolaryngologic symptoms were sore throat, headache and olfactory dysfunction with respective frequencies of 19.52%, 17.03% and 14.81%. Highest general symptom severity was for fever (median VAS =8) and highest otolaryngologic symptom severity was for hyposmia/anosmia (median VAS =8).
Conclusion
Otolaryngologic manifestations of COVID-19 are not as common as fever and cough. However early recognition of otolaryngologic manifestations should help to screen, identify and thereby quickly isolate symptomatic COVID-19 patients from the general population and also facilitate care givers to take necessary precautions to protect themselves.
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| spelling | doaj-art-d6391f06dd654f50ad3bae801cfc1cfc2025-02-11T09:43:46ZengThe Association of Otolaryngologists of India, West BengalBengal Journal of Otolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery2395-23932395-24072023-09-0131110.47210/bjohns.2023.v31i1.880COVID-19 Symptomatology from the Otorhinolaryngology Perspective: Survey from Tertiary Care CenterRaj Tajamul Hussain0Mayank Yadav1Jasdeep Monga2NCMCH, Israna, Panipat Haryana 132107SHKM GMC, Nalhar, NUH Haryana 122107SHKM GMC, Nalhar, NUH Haryana 122107 Introduction To identify and substantiate the prevalence and severity of different otolaryngological symptoms documented in laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients. Materials and Methods This monocentric study was performed at SHKM Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic and all patients testing positive for COVID-19 over a 16-month period (April 2020 to July 2021) were recruited. Demographic features, general symptoms, and otolaryngological symptoms were evaluated and compared by disease severity. Patients with otolaryngological manifestations were asked to complete questionnaires and their symptom severity was evaluated using visual analogue scale (VAS). Results 722 patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 infection were included in the study. Median age was 37.7 ± 10.6 years (range 19–85 years), 66.20% (n = 478) were males and 33.79% (n = 244) were females. The most common general symptoms were fever, cough and fatigue/malaise with respective frequencies of 77.42%, 67.45% and 54.70%. The most common otorhinolaryngologic symptoms were sore throat, headache and olfactory dysfunction with respective frequencies of 19.52%, 17.03% and 14.81%. Highest general symptom severity was for fever (median VAS =8) and highest otolaryngologic symptom severity was for hyposmia/anosmia (median VAS =8). Conclusion Otolaryngologic manifestations of COVID-19 are not as common as fever and cough. However early recognition of otolaryngologic manifestations should help to screen, identify and thereby quickly isolate symptomatic COVID-19 patients from the general population and also facilitate care givers to take necessary precautions to protect themselves. https://bjohns.in/journal23/index.php/bjohns/article/view/4COVID-19SARS-CoV-2OtolaryngologyAnosmiaHyposmiaDysgeusia |
| spellingShingle | Raj Tajamul Hussain Mayank Yadav Jasdeep Monga COVID-19 Symptomatology from the Otorhinolaryngology Perspective: Survey from Tertiary Care Center Bengal Journal of Otolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Otolaryngology Anosmia Hyposmia Dysgeusia |
| title | COVID-19 Symptomatology from the Otorhinolaryngology Perspective: Survey from Tertiary Care Center |
| title_full | COVID-19 Symptomatology from the Otorhinolaryngology Perspective: Survey from Tertiary Care Center |
| title_fullStr | COVID-19 Symptomatology from the Otorhinolaryngology Perspective: Survey from Tertiary Care Center |
| title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 Symptomatology from the Otorhinolaryngology Perspective: Survey from Tertiary Care Center |
| title_short | COVID-19 Symptomatology from the Otorhinolaryngology Perspective: Survey from Tertiary Care Center |
| title_sort | covid 19 symptomatology from the otorhinolaryngology perspective survey from tertiary care center |
| topic | COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Otolaryngology Anosmia Hyposmia Dysgeusia |
| url | https://bjohns.in/journal23/index.php/bjohns/article/view/4 |
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