title: [Olfaction disturbances in general ORL practice].
abstract: Analysis of smell disturbances in the ENT outpatients department of in a General Hospital. A retrospective and descriptive study. We include all patients with olfactory alterations as the main reason for consultation. The sample was 38 patients. Viral, postraumatic, toxic, drug-induced and inflammatory. We performed anamnesis, nasal endoscopic and scan images on all patients. Olfactory disturbances were more frequent in women older than 55 (2:1). The viral cause was the most frequent aethiology (55.3%). Nasal endoscopic exploration was normal in 68.4% patients. The CT scan was the main imaging study used (68.4%). The younger patients recovered better than the older ones. Smell disorders provoked by virus, toxic and medical drugs do have a better.
authors.affiliation: Unidad ORL, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Unidad de Rinología, Hospital Rúber Internacional, Madrid. atoledano@fhalcorcon.es
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Toledano Muñoz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Herráiz Puchol
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Plaza Mayor
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mate Bayón
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Aparicio Fernández
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De los Santos Granados
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Galindo Campillo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000857:Olfaction Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010036:Otolaryngology; D012189:Retrospective Studies