Abdul K Saltagi, Mohamad Z Saltagi, Amit K Nag, Arthur W Wu, Thomas S Higgins, Anna Knisely, Jonathan Y Ting, Elisa A Illing
BACKGROUND: Anosmia and hyposmia have many etiologies, including trauma, chronic sinusitis, neoplasms, and respiratory viral infections such as rhinovirus and SARS-CoV-2. We aimed to systematically review the literature on the diagnostic evaluation of anosmia/hyposmia. METHODS: PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane databases were searched for articles published since January 1990 using terms combined with Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). We included articles evaluating diagnostic modalities for anosmia, written in the English language, used original data, and had two or more patients...
2021: Allergy & Rhinology