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Smell Status in Children Infected with SARS-CoV-2

Y. Rusetsky, I. Meytel, Z. Mokoyan, A. Fisenko, A. Babayan, U. Malyavina,
2021

Objectives/Hypothesis: This study aimed to evaluate the olfactory status in children with laboratory confirmed SARS-CoV-2 using subjective and psychophysical methods. Study Design: Prospective clinical cross-sectional study. Methods: This is a prospective clinical cross-sectional study of 79 children with COVID-19. The 21st item of SNOT-22 questionnaire and odor identification test were used for smell assessment. Children were examined twice during the hospitalization, and a telephone survey was conducted 60 days after hospital discharge. Results: Immediately after confirmation of COVID-19, smell impairment was detected in 86.1% of children by means of the Identification test and in 68.4% of children by means of the survey (P =.010). After 5 days survey revealed a statistically significant decrease in the number of patients with hyposmia (41 out of 79, 51.9%). On the first visit, the mean Identification test score corresponded to “hyposmia” (9.5 ± 2.7), while on the second visit, the average value was 13.1 ± 1.9, which corresponded to “normosmia.” According to the telephone survey, recovery of the olfactory function occurred within 10 days in 37 of 52 patients (71.2%), 11 to 29 days - in 12 children (23.1%), and later than 30 days - in three cases (5.7%). Conclusions: In the pediatric population, olfactory dysfunction is an early and common symptom of COVID-19. There is a trend to quick recovery of olfactory function in children with COVID-19. The overwhelming majority of patients (94.3%) had no subjective olfactory complaints by the end of the first month. Level of Evidence: 4 Laryngoscope, 2021.

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  • Y. Rusetsky
    National Medical Research Center of Children’s Health, Central State Medical Academy
  • I. Meytel
    National Medical Research Center of Children’s Health
  • Z. Mokoyan
    Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
  • A. Fisenko
    National Medical Research Center of Children’s Health
  • A. Babayan
    National Medical Research Center of Children’s Health
  • U. Malyavina
    National Medical Research Center of Children’s Health
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  • Laryngoscope
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  • journal article
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  • CC BY
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  • scopus