Prevalence of Otorhinolaryngological Symptoms in Covid 19 Patients

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader Prevalence of Otorhinolaryngological Symptoms in Covid 19 Patients Via Otolaryngology Indian Abstract To determine prevelance of ENT symptoms in COVID 19 positive patients. A cross sectional study was performed at SRTR GMC AMBAJOGAI, a tertiary care hospital amongst the patients admitted in COVID 19 isolation ward with a positive RT-PCR report. Amongst the included 180 patients, 112 patients had one or more ENT related symptoms that included throat pain (47.2%), loss of smell (55.5%), loss of taste (58.8%) and hearing loss (54.44%) along with generalized COVID 19 symptoms. ENT symptoms can be considered as biomarkers for early diagnosis of Covid-19 patients ensuring faster treatment and isolation allowing better containment of the disease. View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.