The incidence of anosmia in patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID 19 infection in India: An observational study

Conclusion: Anosmia is an early and sometimes the only symptom in approximately one-third of the patients with COVID-19 infection. Eosinophil count should be checked in anosomic patient with suspicion of COVID-19 infection. Objective tools for olfactory and gustatory assessment should be brought into practice for early and prompt diagnosis to control the spread of the disease.

Source: Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology - April 10, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Vinod Kumar Sapna Singla Nishkarsh Gupta Sachidanand Jee Bharati Rakesh Garg Anuja Pandit Saurabh Vig Seema Mishra Sushma Bhatnagar Source Type: research