SynthesisFrontiers in medicine2022
The prevalence of sensory changes in post-COVID syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Post-COVID syndrome in Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh: a systematic narrative review of epidemiology, clinical manifestations, and healthcare system responses.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
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- Screening for Neurocognitive Abilities Post-COVID (SNAP-COVID): Scale Development and Validation.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Ocular Symptoms in Long COVID: A Cross-Sectional Study.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Article
- SARS-CoV-2-induced sensory perturbations: A narrative review of clinical phenotypes, molecular pathologies, and possible interventions.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2025Review
- SARS-CoV-2 infection in microglia and its sequelae: What do we know so far?Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2024Review
- Productive infection of the retinal pigment epithelium by SARS-CoV-2: Initial effects and consideration of long-term consequences.PNAS nexus · 2024Article
- Somatosensory processing in long COVID fatigue and its relations with physiological and psychological factors.Experimental physiology · 2024Article
- Perceived Parental Distraction by Technology and Mental Health Among Emerging Adolescents.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- The Aftermath of COVID-19: Exploring the Long-Term Effects on Organ Systems.Biomedicines · 2024Review
- Night Screen Time is Associated with Cognitive Function in Healthy Young Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
- Comprehensive Assessment of Eyes in Kidney Transplant Recipients after Recovering from COVID-19.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Long COVID, the Brain, Nerves, and Cognitive Function.Neurology international · 2023Review
- Prevalence of Self-Reported Anosmia and Ageusia in Elderly Patients Who Had Been Previously Hospitalized by SARS-CoV-2: The LONG-COVID-EXP Multicenter Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Perception of verticality in the post-COVID-19 condition correlates to infection severity.Journal of central nervous system disease · 2023Article
- Trajectory of post-COVID brain fog, memory loss, and concentration loss in previously hospitalized COVID-19 survivors: the LONG-COVID-EXP multicenter study.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Article
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Abstract
Post-COVID syndrome can be defined as symptoms of COVID-19 that persist for longer than 12 weeks, with several studies reporting persistent symptoms relating to the sensory organs (eyes, ears, and nose). The aim of this systematic review was to examine the prevalence of persistent anosmia, hyposmia, ageusia, and hypogeusia, as well as eye/vision and ear/hearing related long-COVID symptoms. Authors searched the electronic databases from inception to November 2021. Search terms included words related to long-COVID, smell, taste, eyes/vision, and ears/hearing, with all observational study designs being included. A random effects meta-analysis was undertaken, calculating the prevalence proportions of anosmia, hyposmia, ageusia, and hypogeusia, respectively. From the initial pool, 21 studies met the inclusion criteria (total Systematic review registration: [www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero], identifier [CRD42021292804].
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