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ArticleAllergy & rhinology (Providence, R.I.)

Smell and Taste in Children with Covid-19.

Piero Giuseppe Meliante, Alessia Marcellino, Roger Altomari, Alessia Testa, Andrea Gallo, Massimo Ralli, Marco de Vincentiis, Riccardo Lubrano

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Article in Allergy & rhinology (Providence, R.I.). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Long COVID in Children: A Multidisciplinary Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Piero Giuseppe MelianteDepartment of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8762-3731
Alessia MarcellinoDepartment of Pediatrics, Sapienza University of Rome, Pediatric and Neonatology Unit, Ospedale Goretti Polo Pontino, Rome, Italy.
Roger AltomariDepartment of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Alessia TestaDepartment of Pediatrics, Sapienza University of Rome, Pediatric and Neonatology Unit, Ospedale Goretti Polo Pontino, Rome, Italy.
Andrea GalloDepartment of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Massimo RalliDepartment of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Marco de VincentiisDepartment of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Riccardo LubranoDepartment of Pediatrics, Sapienza University of Rome, Pediatric and Neonatology Unit, Ospedale Goretti Polo Pontino, Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8237-955X
Sapienza University of Rome · ITOspedale Santa Maria Goretti · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: To assess the frequency of loss of smell and taste in children during Covid-19 infection and their prevalence along with other symptoms, as well as the recovery of chemosensory function once healed. Methods: To evaluate symptoms during infection, we adapted the Scandinavian adaptation of the Multi-Clinic Smell and Taste Questionnaire and the modified Monel-Jefferson questionnaire. For smell analysis we used Odor Identification (OI) and two variants of the Odor Discrimination (OD) test, and we compared the results with those of a control group. Results: We enrolled nine patients in our experimental group and nine in our control group. Fever was the most frequent symptom (55% of cases), followed by anosmia and ageusia (44% of cases), muscle pain and asthenia (22% of cases) and diarrhea, abdominal pain, cough, and headache (11% of cases). In 11% of cases, olfactory symptoms were the only manifestation of the disease. There was no statistically significant difference in OI test and OD tests between the two groups (Children healed from Covid-19 and Control Group). Conclusion: Loss of smell and taste are the second most common symptoms of pediatric Covid-19, and they should always be tested because they can be the only manifestations of infection. Olfactory function in Covid-19 children decreases with increasing age and improves with the passage of time after illness.

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Covid-19Covid-19 symptomspediatric covid-19Sars-Cov-2smelltaste

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PMID36571076
PMCPMC9768832
OpenAlexW4312209895

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