Anagiotos, Andreas Petrikkos, Georgios
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To give an overview of the current knowledge about COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on otolaryngology clinical practice. Recent findings about SARS-CoV-2 virus and the COVID-19 infection it causes are reviewed. In addition to international databases and in the absence of hard scientific data, literature search included reports published online from...
Volo, T Stritoni, P Battel, I Zennaro, B Lazzari, F Bellin, M Michieletto, L Spinato, G Busatto, C Politi, D
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The need for prolonged invasive mechanical ventilation in COVID-19 patients is placing the otorhinolaryngologist in front of an increasing request for tracheostomy. Nowadays, there is uncertainty regarding the timing of tracheostomy, the prognosis of these patients and the safety of healthcare workers. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effic...
Ertugrul, Suha Soylemez, Emre
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Vargas, Maria Iacovazzo, Carmine Servillo, Giuseppe
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Briatore, Roberto Aprile, Federico Roasio, Agostino Bianchi, Alessandro Bosso, Stefano Carmino, Livio Lorenzelli, Laura Scanu, Martina Zanin, Mattia Bosso, Giuseppina
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Purpose Coronavirus infection disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes in 10% of patients a severe respiratory distress syndrome managed with invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV), sometimes difficult to wean. The role of tracheotomy is debated for the possible risks for patients and staff. We are going to describe here our experience with surgical tracheoto...
Yoshino, Ayaho Pellegrino, Robert Luckett, Curtis R. Hummel, Thomas
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Purpose The present study aimed to establish a test battery for the clinical assessment of retronasal odor thresholds and retronasal odor identification. Study design Prospective case–control series. Methods Sixty participants (36 women, 24 men, mean age 37.6 ± 19.4 years) were enrolled in this study; 36 were healthy controls and 24 were patients w...
Soh, Sharon H. L. See, Anna Teo, Neville W. Y. Tan, Hiang Khoon Palaniappan, Gautham Lim, Melvin L. A. Kadir, Hanis B. Abdul Toh, Song Tar
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Purpose We aim to study the prevalence of olfactory and taste dysfunction (OTD) in subjects residing in a Community Care Facility (CCF), a center unique to Singapore that is dedicated to isolate foreign workers with COVID-19 infection who have mild disease with minimal or no symptoms. Methods This is a cross-sectional study analyzing data prospecti...
Dimelow, Joanna Lowe, Derek Rogers, Simon N.
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Purpose Head and neck cancer (HNC) patients may experience fears regarding cancer recurrence (FoR) and of catching COVID-19. There could be unease for attending hospital clinics for face to face (F2F) examination. F2F benefit in cancer surveillance has to be balanced against the risk of virus transmission. This study aimed to report perceptions of ...
Giarratana, Nadia Rajan, Balan Kamala, Kannan Mendenhall, Michelle Reiner, Giorgio
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Introduction To eliminate the COVID-19 pandemic, the transmission of the virus SARS-CoV-2 among the population needs to be blocked and/or at least reduced. Upper respiratory tract viral loads are highest in the early stages of the disease, and high loads are associated with higher mortality rates. This study aims to evaluate the virucidal efficacy ...
Lechien, Jerome R. Chiesa-Estomba, Carlos M. Vaira, Luigi A. De Riu, Giacomo Cammaroto, Giovanni Chekkoury-Idrissi, Younes Circiu, Marta Distinguin, Lea Journe, Fabrice de Terwangne, Christophe
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