ArticleJournal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation2023
Persistent Dysphonia in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients.
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- Prevalence of oropharyngeal dysphagia and risk of mortality among hospitalized COVID-19 patients: A meta-analysis.Journal of global health · 2022Pooled it
- Post-COVID-19 Dysphonia: Risk, Voice Handicap, and Laryngological Findings in COVID-19 Critical Illness Survivors.International archives of otorhinolaryngology · 2025Article
- Laryngotracheal Complications after Intubation for COVID-19: A Multicenter Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Current opinion of presentation of dysphagia and dysphonia in patients with coronavirus disease 2019.Current opinion in otolaryngology & head and neck surgery · 2022Review
- Isolated Severe Dysphonia as a Presentation of Post-COVID-19 Syndrome.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Commentary on the Letter to the Editor regarding "Dysphonia in COVID-19 patients: Direct or indirect symptom?American journal of otolaryngologyArticle
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Abstract
introductionThe main objective of this study is to estimate the prevalence of persistent dysphonia in hospitalised COVID-19 patients.
methodsData were collected from those COVID-19 patients who, during the months of March to April 2020, were hospitalised in ward or intensive care unit at the University Hospital of Fuenlabrada. Patients with dysphonia prior to SARS-CoV-2 were excluded. Informed consent was obtained orally by a telephone call, as well as clinical and epidemiological data. Patients who reported persistent dysphonia were assessed using the Voice Handicap Index 10, the maximum phonation time, the s/z ratio and a fibrolaryngoscope examination. Patients who reported persistent dysphagia were assessed with the Eating Assessment Tool 10.
resultsA total of 79 patients were included in the study (48 men and 31 women). 10 ICU patients (25%) and 4 ward patients (10,3%) had dysphonia at least 3 months after hospital discharge, but no association was found between ICU admission and the presence of persistent dysphonia (P = 0.139). Persistent dysphonia in patients admitted to the ICU is associated with persistent dysphagia (P = 0.002), also the age of patients with persistent dysphonia is significantly higher than the age of non-dysphonic patients (P = 0.046). The most frequent exploratory finding was vocal cord paresis/paralysis (60.4%).
conclusionThis is one of the first studies to show that persistence of dysphonia may be a consequence of COVID-19, so further studies are needed to assess the evolution and prognosis of these patients and the possible association of dysphonia with the severity of the disease.
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