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ReviewJournal of neurovirology2022

"Anosmia" the mysterious collateral damage of COVID-19.

Abdulrahman K Ahmed, Reem Sayad, Islam A Mahmoud, Aya M Abd El-Monem, Salma H Badry, Islam H Ibrahim, Mahmoud Hr Hafez, Mohamed A El-Mokhtar, Ibrahim M Sayed

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Review in Journal of neurovirology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Abdulrahman K AhmedFaculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Reem SayadFaculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Islam A MahmoudFaculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Aya M Abd El-MonemFaculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Salma H BadryFaculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Islam H IbrahimFaculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Mahmoud Hr HafezInternational Scholar, African Leadership Academy, 1050 Printech Road, Laser Park, Honeydew, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Mohamed A El-MokhtarDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt. elmokhtarma@aun.edu.eg.
Ibrahim M SayedDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt. Ibrahim.ibrahim@aun.edu.eg.ORCID 0000-0001-8207-6401
Assiut University · EGAfrican Leadership Institute · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic spreads worldwide, with more than 100 million positive cases and more than 2 million deaths. From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, several otolaryngologists described many cases of a sudden loss of smell (anosmia) associated with the disease with or without additional symptoms. Anosmia is often the first and sometimes the only sign in the asymptomatic carriers of COVID-19. Still, this disorder is underestimated, and it is not life-threatening. However, it significantly decreases the quality of life. This olfactory dysfunction continues in several cases even after the nasopharyngeal swab was negative. The occurrence of anosmia can be used as a screening tool for COVID-19 patients and can be used to identify these patients to accomplish the isolation and tracking procedures. In this review, we highlighted the possible mechanisms of anosmia in COVID-19 patients, major pathologies and features of anosmia, implications of anosmia in early diagnosis of COVID-19, evaluation of the smell function during COVID-19, and management and treatment options of COVID-19 anosmia.

Indexed as

COVID-19Olfaction DisordersAnosmiaHumansPandemicsQuality of LifeSARS-CoV-2AnosmiaCOVID-19DiagnosisFeaturesImplicationsMechanisms

Identifiers

PMID35249186
PMCPMC8898086
OpenAlexW4220816522

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