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Erschienen in: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology 2/2020

31.10.2019 | Review Article

Methods to assess olfaction in pediatric patients: a systematic review from the international YO-IFOS study group

verfasst von: Christian Calvo-Henríquez, Carlos Chiesa-Estomba, Gabriel Martinez-Capoccioni, Jerome R. Lechien, Xenia Mota-Rojas, Miguel Mayo-Yáñez, Ana Faraldo-García

Erschienen in: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology | Ausgabe 2/2020

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Abstract

Objective

Olfaction is an important sense in children, but its measurement is usually disregarded or neglected. There has been increasing interest in olfaction in recent years, and many olfaction assessment tests have been developed to assess pediatric patients. In this systematic review, we identify and compare different olfaction assessment tests used in the pediatric population

Data sources

Pubmed (Medline), the Cochrane Library, EMBASE and Trip Database.

Review methods

The main outcome was review of the tests used to assess olfaction. The secondary outcomes were review of differences between tests regarding sex, age, exercises and odorants.

Results

A total of 18 articles fulfilled the established inclusion criteria.

Conclusions

Olfaction assessment in children should combine different methods of evaluation, and not rely only on identification tasks. There are still many questions to answer. There is a great need for a specific test for children under 5 years old. Also, there is not a real cutoff value to define hyposmia yet; real cutoff values and values adapted to children’s development are keenly needed.
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Metadaten
Titel
Methods to assess olfaction in pediatric patients: a systematic review from the international YO-IFOS study group
verfasst von
Christian Calvo-Henríquez
Carlos Chiesa-Estomba
Gabriel Martinez-Capoccioni
Jerome R. Lechien
Xenia Mota-Rojas
Miguel Mayo-Yáñez
Ana Faraldo-García
Publikationsdatum
31.10.2019
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology / Ausgabe 2/2020
Print ISSN: 0937-4477
Elektronische ISSN: 1434-4726
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-019-05705-0

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