Subjective Smell Disturbances in Children with Sars-Cov-2 or Other Viral Infections do not Correspond with Olfactory Test Results.
Hanna GroteAnna HoffmannSebastian KerzelHannah LukasikChristoph MaierClaire MallonAnne SchlegtendalMichaela SchwarzbachKonstantin van AckerenStefan VolkensteinFolke BrinkmannPublished in: Klinische Padiatrie (2024)
Questionnaires are unsuitable for assessing hyposmia frequency in children. Olfactory complaints and hyposmia are not specific for SARS-CoV-2 infection. The number of complaints in the long-COVID group could result from aversive olfactory perception, which is undetectable with the U-sniff test.