[分享]嗅觉受损者遭遇可预防性事故的机率似乎较高
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最新研究显示，嗅觉受损的人遭遇可预防性事故的机率似乎较高。
研究人员发现，逾三分之一嗅觉衰退者称自己曾遭遇过至少一次本可避免的意外事故，诸如烧干水壶或锅，吃下变质的食物、煤气外泄等等。
而嗅觉灵敏的人则与之相反，只有不足五分之一表示曾遇到类似情况。
美国维吉尼亚联邦大学的科斯坦佐（Richard M. Costanzo）博士及其同事对445人进行了嗅觉测试，并询问他们遭遇此类本可藉由嗅觉避免的事故的情况。
研究者发现，有超过四分之三的人存在某种嗅觉受损迹象，但仅有30%的人完全丧失嗅觉。
而嗅觉功能减弱者所报告的事故中几乎有一半与做饭有关；误食变质食物的比率为四分之一。因无法闻到煤气外泄和烟火的味道所导致的事故分别占23%和7%。
研究者告诉路透，那些嗅觉受损的人需要采取一些额外措施，来避免因嗅觉问题可能导致的日常事故。例如，那些嗅觉衰退的人需确保家中装有足够灵敏的烟火感应器，并随时检测其煤气设备是否状况良好，并为食品明确标上保质期。
Hazardous Events Associated With Impaired Olfactory Function.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the risk of olfactory-related hazardous events in patients with impaired olfactory function.
DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study.
SETTING: A university-based clinic for smell and taste disorders.Patients A total of 445 patients who underwent olfactory testing between 1983 and 2001.
INTERVENTIONS: Patient interview, olfactory testing.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: (1) Frequency of olfactory-related hazardous events including cooking incidents (ie, burning pots or pans), undetected fires, undetected gas leaks, and ingestion of spoiled foods or toxic substances; (2) level of olfactory function (anosmia; severe, moderate, or mild hyposmia; or normosmia) as determined by olfactory testing. ]
RESULTS: Olfactory testing revealed that 76% of patients had some degree of impairment; 30% had complete anosmia. Thirty-seven percent of patients with olfactory impairment but only 19% of patients without impairment experienced at least 1 olfactory-related hazardous event. Of the hazardous events reported by impaired patients, cooking-related incidents were most common, representing 45%, with ingestion of spoiled food (25%), inability to detect a gas leak (23%), and inability to smell a fire (7%) reported less frequently. There was a significant correlation between frequency of hazardous events and degree of olfactory impairment (Cochran-Armitage trend test, P<.001): at least 1 hazardous event was reported by 45.2% of patients with anosmia, 34.1% with severe hyposmia, 32.8% with moderate hyposmia, 24.2% with mild hyposmia, and 19.0% of patients with with normal olfaction by testing.
CONCLUSION: Patients with impaired olfactory function are more likely to experience olfactory-related hazardous events than those with normal olfactory function.
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2004 Mar;130(3):317-319.
研究人员发现，逾三分之一嗅觉衰退者称自己曾遭遇过至少一次本可避免的意外事故，诸如烧干水壶或锅，吃下变质的食物、煤气外泄等等。
而嗅觉灵敏的人则与之相反，只有不足五分之一表示曾遇到类似情况。
美国维吉尼亚联邦大学的科斯坦佐（Richard M. Costanzo）博士及其同事对445人进行了嗅觉测试，并询问他们遭遇此类本可藉由嗅觉避免的事故的情况。
研究者发现，有超过四分之三的人存在某种嗅觉受损迹象，但仅有30%的人完全丧失嗅觉。
而嗅觉功能减弱者所报告的事故中几乎有一半与做饭有关；误食变质食物的比率为四分之一。因无法闻到煤气外泄和烟火的味道所导致的事故分别占23%和7%。
研究者告诉路透，那些嗅觉受损的人需要采取一些额外措施，来避免因嗅觉问题可能导致的日常事故。例如，那些嗅觉衰退的人需确保家中装有足够灵敏的烟火感应器，并随时检测其煤气设备是否状况良好，并为食品明确标上保质期。
Hazardous Events Associated With Impaired Olfactory Function.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the risk of olfactory-related hazardous events in patients with impaired olfactory function.
DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study.
SETTING: A university-based clinic for smell and taste disorders.Patients A total of 445 patients who underwent olfactory testing between 1983 and 2001.
INTERVENTIONS: Patient interview, olfactory testing.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: (1) Frequency of olfactory-related hazardous events including cooking incidents (ie, burning pots or pans), undetected fires, undetected gas leaks, and ingestion of spoiled foods or toxic substances; (2) level of olfactory function (anosmia; severe, moderate, or mild hyposmia; or normosmia) as determined by olfactory testing. ]
RESULTS: Olfactory testing revealed that 76% of patients had some degree of impairment; 30% had complete anosmia. Thirty-seven percent of patients with olfactory impairment but only 19% of patients without impairment experienced at least 1 olfactory-related hazardous event. Of the hazardous events reported by impaired patients, cooking-related incidents were most common, representing 45%, with ingestion of spoiled food (25%), inability to detect a gas leak (23%), and inability to smell a fire (7%) reported less frequently. There was a significant correlation between frequency of hazardous events and degree of olfactory impairment (Cochran-Armitage trend test, P<.001): at least 1 hazardous event was reported by 45.2% of patients with anosmia, 34.1% with severe hyposmia, 32.8% with moderate hyposmia, 24.2% with mild hyposmia, and 19.0% of patients with with normal olfaction by testing.
CONCLUSION: Patients with impaired olfactory function are more likely to experience olfactory-related hazardous events than those with normal olfactory function.
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2004 Mar;130(3):317-319.
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