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- Title
Audiometric evaluation of patients treated for pulmonary tuberculosis.
- Authors
de Vasconcelos, Karla Anacleto; Kritski, Afrânio Lineu; Ruffino-Netto, Antonio; Frota, Silvana; de Lima, Marco Antonio de M. Tavares
- Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the hearing status of patients being treated for pulmonary tuberculosis at referral hospitals in Brazil. Methods: This was a descriptive study involving 97 male and female inpatients/outpatients between 18 and 60 years of age who were undergoing treatment for active pulmonary tuberculosis at one of two referral hospitals in the state of Rio de Janeiro. After being interviewed, all of the patients underwent pure tone audiometry. Results: Of the 97 patients studied, 65 (67%) were male, 52 (54%) were receiving first-line treatment, and 45 (46%) were receiving second-line treatment, which included aminoglycosides. Smoking, alcohol consumption, exposure to noise, and ototoxic medication use were identified in 65 (67%), 51 (53%), 53 (55%), and 45 (46.4%) of the patients, respectively. The most common auditory and vestibular complaints were dizziness, in 28 patients (28.8%); tinnitus, in 27 (27.8%); and hypoacusis, in 23 (23.7%). Conclusions: Due to the great number of patients with hearing loss in the present study, we recommend that all patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis be submitted to auditory monitoring.
- Subjects
TUBERCULOSIS treatment; AUDIOMETRY; TUBERCULOSIS patients; HEARING disorders; OUTPATIENT medical care; MEDICAL history taking; DATA analysis
- Publication
Brazilian Journal of Pulmonology / Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2012, Vol 38, Issue 1, p81
- ISSN
1806-3713
- Publication type
Article