Criteria for selecting patients in non-urgent ENT consultation in the context of pandemic in Covid19: experience of the ENT unit at UTH of the treichville, Ivory Coast

The aim of the article was to report the criteria and the results of patient selection in non-urgent ENT consultations Two and fifty-nine (259) patients were surveyed between April 14th, and May 13rd Low presumption patients accounted for 83 01%;high presumptions accounted for 11 97% and intermediate cases 5 02% Forty-four (16 99%) patients with a score above 3 were screened;31 of them had a score above 7 or 70 46% Five of the patients tested were positive corresponding at 11 36% Seven patients had an acute anosmia and/or ageusia;three of them had refused screening These were 2 men and 5 women, with an average age of 46,86, living in municipalities with intermediate prevalence of COVID-19 in the Great Abidjan Failing to allow a diagnosis of certainty of COVID-19, these selection criteria could help to care ENT workers and other people sharing the same area