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cord-286957-qmh35xyy	Aziz, Muhammad	The Association of “Loss of Smell” to COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis	2020-11-01		.txt	text/plain	2411	183	53	BACKGROUND: The presence of olfactory dysfunction or "loss of smell" has been reported as an atypical symptom in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of the available literature to evaluate the prevalence of "loss of smell" in COVID-19 as well as its utility for prognosticating the disease severity. All studies reporting the prevalence of "loss of smell" (anosmia and/or hyposmia/microsmia) in laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients were included. CONCLUSION: Olfactory dysfunction or "loss of smell" is a prevalent symptom in COVID-19 patients. We performed a systematic review and metaanalysis of available studies to evaluate the prevalence of "loss of smell" in COVID-19 and its utility as a prognostic indicator. As demonstrated in our study, "loss of smell" was associated with somewhat favorable prognosis of the disease and hence careful screening should be undertaken to identify potential patients with COVID-19.	./cache/cord-286957-qmh35xyy.txt	./txt/cord-286957-qmh35xyy.txt