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Clinical otorhinolaryngological presentation of COVID-19 patients in Saudi Arabia

A multicenter study

Laila M. Telmesani, Danah H. Althomaly, Lamia A. Buohliqah, Roa T. Halawani, Mona M. Ashoor, Marwan J. Alwazzeh, Suad A. Al Mubarak, Maha A. AlHarbi, Rana F. AlMuslem, Sahal S. Arabi, Waleed E. Saleh, Amal Y. ALYosif, Mohammad R. Al Eid, Lena S. Telmesani and Abdulaziz S. AlEnazi
Saudi Medical Journal March 2022, 43 (3) 266-274; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.3.20210501
Laila M. Telmesani
From the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (L.M. Telmesani, Ashoor, L.S. Telmesani, AlEnazi); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alwazzeh), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahd Hospital of the University, from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Althomaly, AlHarbi), Ministry of Health, Al-Khobar, from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Buohliqah, Al Mubarak, AlMuslem, ALYosif, Al Eid), Qatif Center Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Qatif, and from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Halawani, Arabi, Saleh), Ohud General Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Medina Al Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Danah H. Althomaly
From the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (L.M. Telmesani, Ashoor, L.S. Telmesani, AlEnazi); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alwazzeh), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahd Hospital of the University, from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Althomaly, AlHarbi), Ministry of Health, Al-Khobar, from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Buohliqah, Al Mubarak, AlMuslem, ALYosif, Al Eid), Qatif Center Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Qatif, and from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Halawani, Arabi, Saleh), Ohud General Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Medina Al Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Lamia A. Buohliqah
From the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (L.M. Telmesani, Ashoor, L.S. Telmesani, AlEnazi); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alwazzeh), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahd Hospital of the University, from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Althomaly, AlHarbi), Ministry of Health, Al-Khobar, from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Buohliqah, Al Mubarak, AlMuslem, ALYosif, Al Eid), Qatif Center Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Qatif, and from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Halawani, Arabi, Saleh), Ohud General Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Medina Al Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Roa T. Halawani
From the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (L.M. Telmesani, Ashoor, L.S. Telmesani, AlEnazi); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alwazzeh), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahd Hospital of the University, from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Althomaly, AlHarbi), Ministry of Health, Al-Khobar, from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Buohliqah, Al Mubarak, AlMuslem, ALYosif, Al Eid), Qatif Center Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Qatif, and from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Halawani, Arabi, Saleh), Ohud General Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Medina Al Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mona M. Ashoor
From the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (L.M. Telmesani, Ashoor, L.S. Telmesani, AlEnazi); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alwazzeh), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahd Hospital of the University, from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Althomaly, AlHarbi), Ministry of Health, Al-Khobar, from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Buohliqah, Al Mubarak, AlMuslem, ALYosif, Al Eid), Qatif Center Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Qatif, and from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Halawani, Arabi, Saleh), Ohud General Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Medina Al Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Marwan J. Alwazzeh
From the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (L.M. Telmesani, Ashoor, L.S. Telmesani, AlEnazi); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alwazzeh), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahd Hospital of the University, from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Althomaly, AlHarbi), Ministry of Health, Al-Khobar, from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Buohliqah, Al Mubarak, AlMuslem, ALYosif, Al Eid), Qatif Center Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Qatif, and from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Halawani, Arabi, Saleh), Ohud General Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Medina Al Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Suad A. Al Mubarak
From the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (L.M. Telmesani, Ashoor, L.S. Telmesani, AlEnazi); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alwazzeh), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahd Hospital of the University, from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Althomaly, AlHarbi), Ministry of Health, Al-Khobar, from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Buohliqah, Al Mubarak, AlMuslem, ALYosif, Al Eid), Qatif Center Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Qatif, and from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Halawani, Arabi, Saleh), Ohud General Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Medina Al Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Maha A. AlHarbi
From the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (L.M. Telmesani, Ashoor, L.S. Telmesani, AlEnazi); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alwazzeh), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahd Hospital of the University, from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Althomaly, AlHarbi), Ministry of Health, Al-Khobar, from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Buohliqah, Al Mubarak, AlMuslem, ALYosif, Al Eid), Qatif Center Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Qatif, and from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Halawani, Arabi, Saleh), Ohud General Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Medina Al Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Rana F. AlMuslem
From the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (L.M. Telmesani, Ashoor, L.S. Telmesani, AlEnazi); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alwazzeh), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahd Hospital of the University, from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Althomaly, AlHarbi), Ministry of Health, Al-Khobar, from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Buohliqah, Al Mubarak, AlMuslem, ALYosif, Al Eid), Qatif Center Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Qatif, and from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Halawani, Arabi, Saleh), Ohud General Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Medina Al Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Sahal S. Arabi
From the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (L.M. Telmesani, Ashoor, L.S. Telmesani, AlEnazi); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alwazzeh), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahd Hospital of the University, from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Althomaly, AlHarbi), Ministry of Health, Al-Khobar, from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Buohliqah, Al Mubarak, AlMuslem, ALYosif, Al Eid), Qatif Center Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Qatif, and from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Halawani, Arabi, Saleh), Ohud General Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Medina Al Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Waleed E. Saleh
From the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (L.M. Telmesani, Ashoor, L.S. Telmesani, AlEnazi); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alwazzeh), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahd Hospital of the University, from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Althomaly, AlHarbi), Ministry of Health, Al-Khobar, from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Buohliqah, Al Mubarak, AlMuslem, ALYosif, Al Eid), Qatif Center Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Qatif, and from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Halawani, Arabi, Saleh), Ohud General Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Medina Al Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Amal Y. ALYosif
From the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (L.M. Telmesani, Ashoor, L.S. Telmesani, AlEnazi); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alwazzeh), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahd Hospital of the University, from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Althomaly, AlHarbi), Ministry of Health, Al-Khobar, from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Buohliqah, Al Mubarak, AlMuslem, ALYosif, Al Eid), Qatif Center Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Qatif, and from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Halawani, Arabi, Saleh), Ohud General Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Medina Al Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammad R. Al Eid
From the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (L.M. Telmesani, Ashoor, L.S. Telmesani, AlEnazi); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alwazzeh), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahd Hospital of the University, from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Althomaly, AlHarbi), Ministry of Health, Al-Khobar, from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Buohliqah, Al Mubarak, AlMuslem, ALYosif, Al Eid), Qatif Center Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Qatif, and from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Halawani, Arabi, Saleh), Ohud General Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Medina Al Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Lena S. Telmesani
From the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (L.M. Telmesani, Ashoor, L.S. Telmesani, AlEnazi); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alwazzeh), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahd Hospital of the University, from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Althomaly, AlHarbi), Ministry of Health, Al-Khobar, from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Buohliqah, Al Mubarak, AlMuslem, ALYosif, Al Eid), Qatif Center Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Qatif, and from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Halawani, Arabi, Saleh), Ohud General Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Medina Al Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulaziz S. AlEnazi
From the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (L.M. Telmesani, Ashoor, L.S. Telmesani, AlEnazi); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alwazzeh), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahd Hospital of the University, from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Althomaly, AlHarbi), Ministry of Health, Al-Khobar, from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Buohliqah, Al Mubarak, AlMuslem, ALYosif, Al Eid), Qatif Center Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Qatif, and from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Halawani, Arabi, Saleh), Ohud General Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Medina Al Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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vol. 43 no. 3 266-274
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.3.20210501
PubMed 
35256494

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1658-3175
History 
  • Received August 3, 2021
  • Accepted December 26, 2021
  • Published online March 7, 2022.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

Author Information

  1. Laila M. Telmesani, MD, FRCSEd,
  2. Danah H. Althomaly, MD,
  3. Lamia A. Buohliqah, MD,
  4. Roa T. Halawani, MD,
  5. Mona M. Ashoor, MD,
  6. Marwan J. Alwazzeh, MD,
  7. Suad A. Al Mubarak, MD,
  8. Maha A. AlHarbi, MD,
  9. Rana F. AlMuslem, MD,
  10. Sahal S. Arabi, MD,
  11. Waleed E. Saleh, MD,
  12. Amal Y. ALYosif, MD,
  13. Mohammad R. Al Eid, MD,
  14. Lena S. Telmesani, MD and
  15. Abdulaziz S. AlEnazi, MD⇑
  1. From the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (L.M. Telmesani, Ashoor, L.S. Telmesani, AlEnazi); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alwazzeh), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahd Hospital of the University, from the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Althomaly, AlHarbi), Ministry of Health, Al-Khobar, from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Buohliqah, Al Mubarak, AlMuslem, ALYosif, Al Eid), Qatif Center Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Qatif, and from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Halawani, Arabi, Saleh), Ohud General Hospital, Ministry of Health, AL Medina Al Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Abdulaziz S. AlEnazi, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Imam Abdul Rahman bin Faisal University, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: asenazi{at}iau.edu.sa ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7237-4923
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Laila M. Telmesani, Danah H. Althomaly, Lamia A. Buohliqah, Roa T. Halawani, Mona M. Ashoor, Marwan J. Alwazzeh, Suad A. Al Mubarak, Maha A. AlHarbi, Rana F. AlMuslem, Sahal S. Arabi, Waleed E. Saleh, Amal Y. ALYosif, Mohammad R. Al Eid, Lena S. Telmesani, Abdulaziz S. AlEnazi
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