Olfactory assessment in the Chinese pediatric population.

Abstract:

:Young children with olfactory disturbance are sometimes encountered in ENT clinics. We investigated the clinical applicability of olfactory testing to the pediatric population in China.One hundred and ninety-three healthy children aged 6 to 17 years were enrolled. All participants were asked for demographic information (age, sex, body mass index [BMI], and rating of olfactory function) in a structured questionnaire and underwent olfactory testing including T&T Olfactometer (T&T), odor discrimination (OD), and odor identification (OI) tests of Sniffin' Sticks.Age had a significant influence on the outcome of olfactory testing, sex, BMI, or self-rating had no influence. Children had better performance on T&T than OI and OD tests of Sniffin' Sticks.T&T and Sniffin' Sticks can be completed by Chinese children. Performance on olfactory tests increased with increasing age. T&T may be more suitable to assess olfactory function in the Chinese pediatric population.

journal_name

Medicine (Baltimore)

journal_title

Medicine

authors

Chen G,Pan H,Li L,Wang J,Zhang D,Wu Z

doi

10.1097/MD.0000000000010464

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-04-01 00:00:00

pages

e0464

issue

16

eissn

0025-7974

issn

1536-5964

pii

00005792-201804200-00046

journal_volume

97

pub_type

杂志文章

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