1. The role of serum osmolality in Meniere's disease with acute sensorineural hearing loss.
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Lee, Yen-Hui and Young, Yi-Ho
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ISOSORBIDE dinitrate (Drug) , *HOMEOSTASIS , *AUDITORY evoked response , *EVOKED potentials (Electrophysiology) , *STATISTICS , *HEARING levels , *ACADEMIC medical centers , *CONFIDENCE intervals , *SENSORINEURAL hearing loss , *RETROSPECTIVE studies , *CASE-control method , *BLOOD collection , *MAGNETIC resonance imaging , *MANN Whitney U Test , *REGRESSION analysis , *TREATMENT effectiveness , *PRE-tests & post-tests , *T-test (Statistics) , *COMPARATIVE studies , *MENIERE'S disease , *AUDIOMETRY , *DIURESIS , *CHI-squared test , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *RESEARCH funding , *OSMOLAR concentration , *DATA analysis , *RECEIVER operating characteristic curves , *SENSITIVITY & specificity (Statistics) , *ODDS ratio , *STATISTICAL models , *LOGISTIC regression analysis , *ACUTE diseases - Abstract
This study investigated the role of serum osmolality in Meniere's disease (MD) patients with acute sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). Retrospective study. Twenty definite MD patients with acute unilateral SNHL were treated with an osmotic diuretic (Isosorbide, 100 mL daily) and assigned to Group A. Another 20 age- and sex-matched definite MD patients with acute SNHL were not given Isosorbide and assigned to Group B. Both groups underwent audiometry and blood examination for serum osmolality before and after treatment. Group A revealed a significant increase in serum osmolality after treatment. The optimal cut-off values for increased serum osmolality in Group A were +1.5 mOSM/L for predicting hearing improvement at frequencies of 250–1000 Hz, and +2.5 mOSM/L at 2000–4000 Hz. Comparing increased levels of serum osmolality (> +2.0 vs. ≤ +2.0 mOSM/L), Isosorbide dosing at 3.0 L vs. 1.0 L, significantly differed in the odds ratio (OR). Isosorbide at a total dosage of 3.0 L thus improves the hearing threshold by >10 dB at frequencies of 250–2000 Hz. The Isosorbide at a total dosage of 3.0 L may increase serum osmolality by > +2.0 mOSM/L, and improve the hearing threshold for hydropic ears at least >10 dB at low- and mid-frequencies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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