This case report describes a patient, who lost the ability to smell and taste after receiving a propofol-based general anesthesia for a laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair. Immediately after the procedure, the patient had anosmia (loss of smell), ageusia (loss of taste), and light dysphagia. Assessment by an otorhinolaryngologist and the results of a magnetic resonance imaging could not clarify the pathology behind these symptoms. Although there are several plausible explanations for the patient's anosmia and ageusia (eg, cerebral infarcts, nerve damage, chronic sinusitis), the most likely explanation is an uncommon adverse drug reaction to the anesthetic agents used during the procedure.

Jason Joe Baker

Stina Öberg

Jacob Rosenberg

A & A Case Reports

A & A Case Reports, our new online journal publishing Case Reports, related Editorial Commentary, and Correspondence. Anesthesia & Analgesia 1 and Anesthesiology 2 recently announced that they were suspending publication of Case Reports. One reason is that Case Reports typically reduce the Impact Factor of a journal because they are rarely cited. Regardless of the merits of Impact Factor as a metric of journal worth, journals and their editors necessarily consider Impact Factor in strategic planning.    At the same time, Case Reports are appreciated by readers for describing “real life” management of difficult or unusual cases not often encountered by practitioners. In a recent issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, Steven Shafer1 identified many Case Reports whose publication launched productive careers dedicated to solving the puzzle posed by an unusual observation in a single patient.

A & A Case Reports is a new online journal dedicated to publishing case reports, related editorial commentary, and correspondence. Anesthesia & Analgesia and Anesthesiology recently announced the suspension of case report publications, citing that case reports typically reduce a journal's impact factor due to their infrequent citations. Regardless of the debate surrounding the impact factor as a measure of a journal's worth, journals and their editors must consider it in strategic planning. At the same time, case reports are valued by readers for their depiction of the 'real-life' management of difficult or unusual cases that practitioners may not frequently encounter. In a recent issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, Steven Shafer identified numerous case reports whose publication has launched productive careers aimed at solving the puzzles posed by unusual observations in single patients.

《A & A Case Reports》是一本新的在线期刊，专注于发表病例报告、相关的编辑评论和通讯。麻醉与镇痛（Anesthesia & Analgesia）和麻醉学（Anesthesiology）最近宣布暂停发表病例报告，原因之一是病例报告通常会降低期刊的影响因子，因为它们很少被引用。尽管影响因子作为期刊价值的指标存在争议，期刊及其编辑在战略规划中仍然必须考虑影响因子。同时，病例报告因其描述了临床实践中不常见的复杂或特殊病例而受到读者的欢迎。在《麻醉与镇痛》的最近一期中，Steven Shafer指出，许多病例报告的发表开启了致力于解决单一患者所提出的特殊观察难题的职业生涯。

Loss of Smell and Taste After General Anesthesia

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