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. 2021 Jun;103(6):395–403. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2020.7072

Table 3 .

Symptoms, not thought to be COVID-19 related, reported by patients from each specialty

Cardiac surgery Cardiology (interventional) Thoracic Breast Gastrointestinal Gynae oncology Head and neck Hepatobiliary Interventional radiology Neurosurgery Plastics Urology Vascular Overall
n = 1 n = 1 n = 34 n = 2 n = 1 n = 5 n = 7 n = 8 n = 0 n = 3 n = 0 n = 9 n = 1 72
Fever 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Coryzal symptoms/ hay fever 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Fatigue 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 7 0 15
Chronic cough 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4
Loss of smell or taste 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 11
Non-persistent cough 0 0 16 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 24
Myalgia 0 0 5 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
Loss of appetite 1 0 16 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 0 24
Breathlessness 0 1 14 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 22
Dizziness 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Diarrhoea 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 6
Headaches 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4