COVID-19 in Patients With Anosmia in Egypt

Ain Shams University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anosmia; Covid19; Dysgeusia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04473157

FMASU P45a/2020

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aims to test the frequency of severe acute respiratory syndrome new corona virus SARS-CoV-2 or other respiratory viruses in patients presenting with anosmia or dysgeusia to Ain Shams University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt.

Full description

Fifty Patients presenting to Triage and/or Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) clinics in Ain Shams University Hospitals with the chief complaint of Anosmia/ dysgeusia in the period July- September 2020; will undergo thorough history taking, clinical assessment and polymers chain reaction rt-PCR to SARS-COV2; and if proven negative to COVID 19, PCR to other respiratory pathogens will be tested. COVID-19 patients will be managed according to the standard protocol of Ain Shams University Hospitals. Follow up after 3 weeks for the outcome of recovery of the smell sense and seroconversion by rapid test for immunoglobulins IgM/ IgG of COVID 19, for the probability of a false negative PCR at initial visit.

Ethical committee approval for the current study protocol was obtained. Patients will be invited to participate and the informed consent will be signed.

Enrollment: 58 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• adult (>18 years) patients presented with acute-onset anosmia.

Exclusion criteria

• patients with anosmia or gustatory dysfunctions before the epidemic; patients with previous history of chronic sinusitis or previous sinus surgery.