Articles: coronavirus.
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Int Forum Allergy Rhinol · Jul 2020
Use of Google Trends to investigate loss-of-smell-related searches during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Initial reports describing coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) were dominated by the presence of cough, breathlessness, and fever; anecdotal reports suggested anosmia may also be a manifestation. We used Google Trends (GT) to investigate whether there was a surge in individuals searching for information related to smell loss during the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, France, Iran, and The Netherlands. ⋯ There is a strong correlation between the frequency of searches for smell-related information and the onset of COVID-19 infection in Italy, Spain, UK, USA, Germany, France, Iran, and The Netherlands. We hypothesize this may relate to a previously underrecognized symptom.
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Much of the focus regarding the global pandemic of coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) has been on the cardiovascular, pulmonary, and hematologic complications. However, neurologic complications have arisen as an increasingly recognized area of morbidity and mortality. ⋯ When caring for COVID-19 patients, emergency medicine clinicians should be aware of the neurologic complications from COVID-19.
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There is no patient emergency more important than protecting health care workers during a pandemic.