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- Title
Impact of control of blood glucose level during treatment of sudden deafness in diabetics: relationship with prognosis.
- Authors
Min, Sang-Ki; Shin, Ji-Ho; Chang, Mun-Young; Min, Hyun-Jin; Kim, Kyung-Soo; Lee, Sei-Young; Yang, Hoon-Shik; Hong, Young-Ho; Mun, Seog-Kyun
- Abstract
The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of control of blood glucose level during treatment of sudden deafness. A retrospective study was performed involving 197 patients from January, 2011 to September, 2015. All patients were administrated prednisolone (Pharmaprednisolone tab, 5 mg/T; KoreaPharma) p.o under the following regimen: 60 mg/day for 4 days, 40 mg/day for 2 days, 30 mg/day for 1 day, 20 mg/day for 1 day, and 10 mg/day for 2 days. During treatment, pure tone audiometry and blood glucose level were investigated for each patient and the results were statistically analyzed. Mean hearing improvement was 19.2 dB for the non-diabetes group and 24.8 dB for the diabetes group. The greater improvement for diabetics was not statistically significant ( p = 0.146). Hearing improvement was 25.1 dB for subjects with mean blood glucose <200 mg/dl and 24.6 dB for subjects with mean blood glucose >200 mg/dl; the difference was not statistically significant ( p = 0.267). Mean blood glucose level was 200.8 mg/dl for subjects with hearing improvement >20 dB and 181.8 mg/dl for subjects with hearing improvement <20 dB; the difference was not statistically significant ( p = 0.286). Control of blood glucose level during treatment of sudden deafness does not have a direct effect on prognosis.
- Subjects
BLOOD sugar monitoring; SENSORINEURAL hearing loss; PEOPLE with diabetes; AUDIOMETRY; BLOOD circulation disorders; VIRUS diseases; PROGNOSIS; THERAPEUTICS; DISEASE risk factors; DISEASES
- Publication
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 2017, Vol 274, Issue 3, p1339
- ISSN
0937-4477
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00405-016-4388-4