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Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 from the Otorhinolaryngologist’s Perspective: First Report from Oman, Middle East

To study the otorhinolaryngological clinical characteristics of COVID-19 positive patients. A prospective cross sectional study on sixty five patients who were SARS-CoV-2 PCR positive, and completed 14 days of isolation period were surveyed with a questionnaire. The responses were evaluated and asse...

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Autores principales: Kolethekkat, Arif Ali, Al Abri, Rashid, Al Washahi, Mohammed, Al Badaai, Yahya, Balkhair, Abdullah A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer India 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8385262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34458130
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12070-021-02829-w
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author Kolethekkat, Arif Ali
Al Abri, Rashid
Al Washahi, Mohammed
Al Badaai, Yahya
Balkhair, Abdullah A.
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description To study the otorhinolaryngological clinical characteristics of COVID-19 positive patients. A prospective cross sectional study on sixty five patients who were SARS-CoV-2 PCR positive, and completed 14 days of isolation period were surveyed with a questionnaire. The responses were evaluated and assessed. Sixty five SARS-Cov-2 PCR positive cases were included in the study. There were 57 (87.6%) males and 8 (12.3%) females. Thirty five (53.8%) were in home isolation, whereas, 30 (46.2%) were under institutional care. Forty five patients (72.6%) presented with mild symptoms, and 4 (6.4%) developed moderate symptoms. Thirteen (21%) were asymptomatic. Overall, 46 patients (70.7%) presented with upper airway symptoms with or without general symptoms. More than half of the patients experienced pharyngodynia or sorethroat, smell and taste dysfunction as common symptoms (66.7%, 61.4% and 50.7% respectively). Severe headache was noticed by eighteen (27.7%) patients. Other respiratory symptoms such as nasal congestion, rhinorrhoea, sneezing, facial pain, etc. were present with less frequency. In more than half of the patients (61.5%), all the symptoms recovered within 5 days, in 12 (18.5%) between 5 and 8 days, and in 9 (13.8%), between 9 and14 days. However, in four patients, symptoms lasted for 28–30 days. In seven patients (10.7%), symptoms recurred after the period of isolation, however, the retest was negative. Fever, cough and or shortness of breath are the commonly reported prominent symptoms of COVID-19, however, there is a changing trend of clinical presentation towards variable otorhinolaryngologic manifestations. Pharyngodynia, taste and smell dysfunctions are common in patients with COVID-19, and could represent potential characters.
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spelling pubmed-83852622021-08-25 Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 from the Otorhinolaryngologist’s Perspective: First Report from Oman, Middle East Kolethekkat, Arif Ali Al Abri, Rashid Al Washahi, Mohammed Al Badaai, Yahya Balkhair, Abdullah A. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg Original Article To study the otorhinolaryngological clinical characteristics of COVID-19 positive patients. A prospective cross sectional study on sixty five patients who were SARS-CoV-2 PCR positive, and completed 14 days of isolation period were surveyed with a questionnaire. The responses were evaluated and assessed. Sixty five SARS-Cov-2 PCR positive cases were included in the study. There were 57 (87.6%) males and 8 (12.3%) females. Thirty five (53.8%) were in home isolation, whereas, 30 (46.2%) were under institutional care. Forty five patients (72.6%) presented with mild symptoms, and 4 (6.4%) developed moderate symptoms. Thirteen (21%) were asymptomatic. Overall, 46 patients (70.7%) presented with upper airway symptoms with or without general symptoms. More than half of the patients experienced pharyngodynia or sorethroat, smell and taste dysfunction as common symptoms (66.7%, 61.4% and 50.7% respectively). Severe headache was noticed by eighteen (27.7%) patients. Other respiratory symptoms such as nasal congestion, rhinorrhoea, sneezing, facial pain, etc. were present with less frequency. In more than half of the patients (61.5%), all the symptoms recovered within 5 days, in 12 (18.5%) between 5 and 8 days, and in 9 (13.8%), between 9 and14 days. However, in four patients, symptoms lasted for 28–30 days. In seven patients (10.7%), symptoms recurred after the period of isolation, however, the retest was negative. Fever, cough and or shortness of breath are the commonly reported prominent symptoms of COVID-19, however, there is a changing trend of clinical presentation towards variable otorhinolaryngologic manifestations. Pharyngodynia, taste and smell dysfunctions are common in patients with COVID-19, and could represent potential characters. Springer India 2021-08-25 2022-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8385262/ /pubmed/34458130 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12070-021-02829-w Text en © Association of Otolaryngologists of India 2021
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Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 from the Otorhinolaryngologist’s Perspective: First Report from Oman, Middle East
title Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 from the Otorhinolaryngologist’s Perspective: First Report from Oman, Middle East
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title_fullStr Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 from the Otorhinolaryngologist’s Perspective: First Report from Oman, Middle East
title_full_unstemmed Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 from the Otorhinolaryngologist’s Perspective: First Report from Oman, Middle East
title_short Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19 from the Otorhinolaryngologist’s Perspective: First Report from Oman, Middle East
title_sort clinical characteristics of covid-19 from the otorhinolaryngologist’s perspective: first report from oman, middle east
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8385262/
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