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ReviewActa otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale2020

Loss of smell in COVID-19 patients: a critical review with emphasis on the use of olfactory tests.

Rosario Marchese-Ragona, Domenico Antonio Restivo, Eugenio De Corso, Andrea Vianello, Piero Nicolai, Giancarlo Ottaviano

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In one paragraph

Review in Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Practical recommendations for managing severe chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps in the era of biologics.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2023
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  14. Simple Disposable Odor Identification Tests for Predicting SARS-CoV-2 Positivity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  15. Development of a questionnaire to investigate socio-cultural differences in the perception of smell, taste and flavour.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Rosario Marchese-RagonaDepartment of Neuroscience, Otolaryngology Section, University of Padua, Italy.
Domenico Antonio RestivoDepartment of Medicine, Neurological Unit and Service of Clinical Neurophysiology, Garibaldi Hospital, Catania, Italy.
Eugenio De CorsoFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Unità Operativa di Otorinolaringoiatria, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Andrea VianelloDepartment of Cardiological, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Respiratory Pathophysiology Unit, University of Padua, Italy.
Piero NicolaiDepartment of Neuroscience, Otolaryngology Section, University of Padua, Italy.
Giancarlo OttavianoDepartment of Neuroscience, Otolaryngology Section, University of Padua, Italy.
University of Padua · ITIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITOspedale Garibaldi · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Coronavirus InfectionsPandemicsPneumonia, ViralSmellBetacoronavirusCOVID-19HumansOlfaction DisordersSARS-CoV-2COVID-19hyposmiaolfactionolfactory testSARS-CoV-2surveys

Identifiers

PMID33100334
PMCPMC7586189
OpenAlexW3093140008

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Registered trials

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