OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence of @entity4838 in workers following @entity542 in the work place, to define its relationship to the site, severity of injury and direction of force. The demographics of head injured workers were also assessed to determine if those with olfactory loss were more likely to have sustained a @entity130 . METHODS: 3438 consecutive @entity1 referred from the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) in the province of Ontario who sustained a work related @entity542 were assessed between 1987-2014 for olfactory and @entity409 at a tertiary referral university hospital. RESULTS: @entity4838 ( @entity4838 ) was identified in 413 of 3438 @entity1 (12.0%) of which 321 were diagnosed with @entity4838 and 92 with @entity9905 . In our series, injuries from a fall were the commonest cause for @entity4838 and a frontal or mid-face impact was more likely to result in @entity4838 than other regions [p=0.0002]. A @entity909 ( @entity909 ) of any duration correlated with @entity4838 . In those with @entity4838 , an associated skull @entity174 occurred in 37.1% of @entity1 and a CSF leak in 4.1%, which was significantly higher compared, to those without @entity4838 (<0.0001). @entity1 with @entity4838 had a higher incidence of cochlear and vestibular loss (19.9% and 20.6% respectively) compared to those without @entity4838 (14.3% and 17.1% respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Post traumatic @entity4838 is more likely to occur in @entity1 who experienced a moderate to severe @entity542 , @entity909 and more likely to result from a frontal or mid-face blow to the skull. @entity409 is likely to occur concurrently with @entity4838 . This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Olfactory and @entity409 after XXXX in the workplace: an updated series.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients'] @entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['fracture'] @entity542 :: ('MESH:D006259', 'Disease') :: ['head injury'] @entity409 :: ('MESH:D008107', 'Disease') :: ['Cochleovestibular dysfunction', 'cochleovestibular dysfunction'] @entity909 :: ('MESH:D014474', 'Disease') :: ['loss of consciousness', 'LOC'] @entity9905 :: ('MESH:C564321', 'Disease') :: ['hyposmia'] @entity4838 :: ('MESH:D000857', 'Disease') :: ['OD', 'olfactory dysfunction', 'Olfactory dysfunction', 'anosmia'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['cochleovestibular injury']
@entity542 :: (MESH:D006259,Disease) :: ['head injury']
