<scp>COVID</scp>?19: Recovery from Chemosensory Dysfunction. A Multicentre study on Smell and Taste

Objective/Hypothesis With the COVID-19 pandemic, chemosensory dysfunction are among most prevalent symptoms. Most reports subjective evaluations, which have been suggested to be unreliable. The objective is test and recovery based on extensive psychophysical tests in during course of disease. Study Design Prospective cohort study. Methods A total 111 patients from four centers participated All tested positive for SARS-COV-2 with RT-PCR. They were within 3 days diagnosis 28 169 after infection. Testing included olfactory testing Sniffin' Sticks threshold, discrimination identification abilities, Taste Sprays Strips gustatory function quasi-threshold taste abilities. Results There was a significant difference During infection 21% anosmic, 49% hyposmic, 30% normosmic. After only 1% 26% 73% For function, there all qualities, but significantly sour, bitter, score. Twenty-six percent had 6.5% Combining 22% combined no dysfunction. Conclusions Chemosensory very common COVID-19, either as isolated smell or people regain their first days, quarter show persisting dysfunction, should referred specialist clinics rehabilitation function. Level Evidence Laryngoscope, 131:1095–1100, 2021