Faculty Information |
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Article types | Original article |
Language | English |
Refereed paper | Refereed |
Title | Clinical features of olfactory dysfunction in elderly patients. |
Journal | Formal name:Auris Nasus Larynx ISSN code:18791476/03858146 |
Domestic / Foregin | Foregin |
Volume, Number, Page | 50,pp.241-46 |
Papers・Author | Okumura Satoshi, Saito Takahiro, Okazaki Ken, Fushimi Katsuya, Tsuzuki Kenzo |
Publication date | 2023/04 |
Papers・Description | OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the causes of olfactory dysfunction (OD) and to discuss the benefits of understanding the characteristics of OD in elderly patients. METHODS: A total of 4300 patients with OD who were treated at our hospital between January 1996 and December 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. There were 1833 men and 2467 women, with ages ranging from 4 to 95 years. The patients were divided into two groups: younger (less than 65 years old, n = 2947) and elderly (65 years old or more, n = 1353) groups. Causative diseases were chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), post-viral (PV), post-traumatic (PT), central nervous system dysfunction (CNS), peripheral nervous system dysfunction (PNS), congenital, psychogenic, and unknown. Visual analogue scale (VAS) and olfactory detection and recognition thresholds using the T&T olfaction test were used to evaluate olfaction. The mean detection and recognition thresholds, |