Long COVID, audiovestibular symptoms and persistent chemosensory dysfunction: a systematic review of the current evidence
OBJECTIVE: The persistence of auditory, vestibular, olfactory, and gustatory dysfunction for an extended time after COVID-19 has been documented, which represents an emerging challenge of which ENT specialists must be aware. This systematic review aims to evaluate the prevalence of persistent audiov...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9137376/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35763279 http://dx.doi.org/10.14639/0392-100X-suppl.1-42-2022-10 |
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author | De Luca, Pietro Di Stadio, Arianna Colacurcio, Vito Marra, Pasquale Scarpa, Alfonso Ricciardiello, Filippo Cassandro, Claudia Camaioni, Angelo Cassandro, Ettore |
author_facet | De Luca, Pietro Di Stadio, Arianna Colacurcio, Vito Marra, Pasquale Scarpa, Alfonso Ricciardiello, Filippo Cassandro, Claudia Camaioni, Angelo Cassandro, Ettore |
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description | OBJECTIVE: The persistence of auditory, vestibular, olfactory, and gustatory dysfunction for an extended time after COVID-19 has been documented, which represents an emerging challenge of which ENT specialists must be aware. This systematic review aims to evaluate the prevalence of persistent audiovestibolar and olfactory/gustatory symptoms in patients with “long-COVID”. METHODS: The literature was systematically reviewed according to PRISMA guidelines; PubMed, Scopus and Google Scholar were screened by searching articles on audiovestibular symptoms and olfactory/gustatory dysfunction after SARS-CoV-2 infection. The keywords used were hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo, smell disorders, parosmia, anosmia, hyposmia, dysgeusia combined with COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2. RESULTS: 1100 articles were identified. After removal of duplicates (382), 702 articles were excluded, and 16 were included in the systematic review. All articles included identified an association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and persistent hearing or chemosensory impairment. The studies were published over a period of 2 years, between 2019 and 2021. CONCLUSIONS: The likelihood of patients with persistent audiovestibular symptoms related to COVID-19 was different among the articles; however, olfactory and gustatory disturbances were more consistently reported. Studies with longer follow-up are required to fully evaluate the long-term impact of these conditions. |
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spelling | pubmed-91373762022-06-01 Long COVID, audiovestibular symptoms and persistent chemosensory dysfunction: a systematic review of the current evidence De Luca, Pietro Di Stadio, Arianna Colacurcio, Vito Marra, Pasquale Scarpa, Alfonso Ricciardiello, Filippo Cassandro, Claudia Camaioni, Angelo Cassandro, Ettore Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital Review OBJECTIVE: The persistence of auditory, vestibular, olfactory, and gustatory dysfunction for an extended time after COVID-19 has been documented, which represents an emerging challenge of which ENT specialists must be aware. This systematic review aims to evaluate the prevalence of persistent audiovestibolar and olfactory/gustatory symptoms in patients with “long-COVID”. METHODS: The literature was systematically reviewed according to PRISMA guidelines; PubMed, Scopus and Google Scholar were screened by searching articles on audiovestibular symptoms and olfactory/gustatory dysfunction after SARS-CoV-2 infection. The keywords used were hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo, smell disorders, parosmia, anosmia, hyposmia, dysgeusia combined with COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2. RESULTS: 1100 articles were identified. After removal of duplicates (382), 702 articles were excluded, and 16 were included in the systematic review. All articles included identified an association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and persistent hearing or chemosensory impairment. The studies were published over a period of 2 years, between 2019 and 2021. CONCLUSIONS: The likelihood of patients with persistent audiovestibular symptoms related to COVID-19 was different among the articles; however, olfactory and gustatory disturbances were more consistently reported. Studies with longer follow-up are required to fully evaluate the long-term impact of these conditions. Pacini Editore Srl 2022-04-26 2022-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9137376/ /pubmed/35763279 http://dx.doi.org/10.14639/0392-100X-suppl.1-42-2022-10 Text en Società Italiana di Otorinolaringoiatria e Chirurgia Cervico-Facciale, Rome, Italy https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the CC-BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International) license. The article can be used by giving appropriate credit and mentioning the license, but only for non-commercial purposes and only in the original version. For further information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en |
spellingShingle | Review De Luca, Pietro Di Stadio, Arianna Colacurcio, Vito Marra, Pasquale Scarpa, Alfonso Ricciardiello, Filippo Cassandro, Claudia Camaioni, Angelo Cassandro, Ettore Long COVID, audiovestibular symptoms and persistent chemosensory dysfunction: a systematic review of the current evidence |
title | Long COVID, audiovestibular symptoms and persistent chemosensory dysfunction: a systematic review of the current evidence |
title_full | Long COVID, audiovestibular symptoms and persistent chemosensory dysfunction: a systematic review of the current evidence |
title_fullStr | Long COVID, audiovestibular symptoms and persistent chemosensory dysfunction: a systematic review of the current evidence |
title_full_unstemmed | Long COVID, audiovestibular symptoms and persistent chemosensory dysfunction: a systematic review of the current evidence |
title_short | Long COVID, audiovestibular symptoms and persistent chemosensory dysfunction: a systematic review of the current evidence |
title_sort | long covid, audiovestibular symptoms and persistent chemosensory dysfunction: a systematic review of the current evidence |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9137376/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35763279 http://dx.doi.org/10.14639/0392-100X-suppl.1-42-2022-10 |
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