TY - JOUR T1 - Paediatric olfactory dysfunction: a chance to detect COVID-19? JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2020-319971 SP - archdischild-2020-319971 AU - Andrew Hall AU - Claire Frauenfelder AU - Colin Butler AU - Paula Coyle AU - Claire Hopkins Y1 - 2020/08/20 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2020/08/19/archdischild-2020-319971.abstract N2 - We wish to challenge the assumption by COVID-19 researchers that olfactory dysfunction cannot be reviewed in children.1 Early identification of COVID-19 positive patients is key to limiting community spread and controlling the current global pandemic. New-onset anosmia was added to the primary screening symptoms for self-isolation after evidence emerged that it is an early symptom of COVID-19 infection. Official advice stipulates all individuals experiencing new-onset anosmia be presumed COVID-19 infected. Children were not excluded from this advice.Anosmia is a highly specific and moderately sensitive screening symptom for COVID-19 infection in adults.2 To date, no published paediatric anosmia screening tools in COVID-19 have been validated. Simple screening questions regarding change or decrease in … ER -