Incidence of Bell Palsy in Patients With COVID-19

doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2021.1266

. 2021 Aug 1;147(8):767-768.

doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2021.1266.

Incidence of Bell Palsy in Patients With COVID-19

Akina Tamaki^{1

2}, Claudia I Cabrera^{1

2}, Shawn Li^{1

2}, Cyrus Rabbani^{1

2}, Jason E Thuener^{1

2}, Rod P Rezaee^{1

2}, Nicole Fowler^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
² Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.

PMID: 34165518
PMCID: PMC8227441
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2021.1266

Incidence of Bell Palsy in Patients With COVID-19

Akina Tamaki et al. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021.

. 2021 Aug 1;147(8):767-768.

doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2021.1266.

Authors

Akina Tamaki^{1

2}, Claudia I Cabrera^{1

2}, Shawn Li^{1

2}, Cyrus Rabbani^{1

2}, Jason E Thuener^{1

2}, Rod P Rezaee^{1

2}, Nicole Fowler^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
² Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.

PMID: 34165518
PMCID: PMC8227441
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2021.1266

Erratum in

Error in the Confidence Interval.
[No authors listed] [No authors listed] JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021 Aug 1;147(8):775. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2021.1947. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021. PMID: 34383069 No abstract available.

Abstract

This cohort study compares the incidence of Bell palsy among patients with COVID-19 and those vaccinated against the disease.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Rezaee reported receiving consulting fees from Biomet during the conduct of the study and outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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Bell Palsy and COVID-19: Overcoming the Fear of "Known Unknowns".
Chang CWD. Chang CWD. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021 Aug 1;147(8):743-744. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2021.1261. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021. PMID: 34165521 No abstract available.
Overcoming Vaccine Hesitancy Around Bell Palsy in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery-Reply.
Chang CWD, Tamaki A, Shemer A. Chang CWD, et al. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 Feb 1;148(2):198-199. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2021.3561. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022. PMID: 34882173 No abstract available.
Overcoming Vaccine Hesitancy Around Bell Palsy in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery: Lessons for COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond.
Lam DJ, Balakrishnan K, Brenner MJ. Lam DJ, et al. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 Feb 1;148(2):198. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2021.3564. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022. PMID: 34882191 No abstract available.

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[1] Goh Y, Beh DLL, Makmur A, Somani J, Chan ACY. Pearls & oy-sters: facial nerve palsy in COVID-19 infection. Neurology. 2020;95(8):364-367. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000009863 - DOI - PubMed

[2] Goh Y, Beh DLL, Makmur A, Somani J, Chan ACY. Pearls & oy-sters: facial nerve palsy in COVID-19 infection. Neurology. 2020;95(8):364-367. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000009863 - DOI - PubMed

[3] Ozonoff A, Nanishi E, Levy O. Bell’s palsy and SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. Lancet Infect Dis. 2021;21(4):450-452. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00076-1 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[4] Ozonoff A, Nanishi E, Levy O. Bell’s palsy and SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. Lancet Infect Dis. 2021;21(4):450-452. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00076-1 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[5] Tiemstra JD, Khatkhate N. Bell’s palsy: diagnosis and management. Am Fam Physician. 2007;76(7):997-1002. - PubMed

[6] Tiemstra JD, Khatkhate N. Bell’s palsy: diagnosis and management. Am Fam Physician. 2007;76(7):997-1002. - PubMed

[7] Nepal G, Rehrig JH, Shrestha GS, et al. . Neurological manifestations of COVID-19: a systematic review. Crit Care. 2020;24(1):421. doi:10.1186/s13054-020-03121-z - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[8] Nepal G, Rehrig JH, Shrestha GS, et al. . Neurological manifestations of COVID-19: a systematic review. Crit Care. 2020;24(1):421. doi:10.1186/s13054-020-03121-z - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[9] Polack FP, Thomas SJ, Kitchin N, et al. ; C4591001 Clinical Trial Group . Safety and efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. N Engl J Med. 2020;383(27):2603-2615. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2034577 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[10] Polack FP, Thomas SJ, Kitchin N, et al. ; C4591001 Clinical Trial Group . Safety and efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. N Engl J Med. 2020;383(27):2603-2615. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2034577 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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