Efficacy of Prednisone in Therapy of War-related Blast Injury of Inner Ear
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Srećko Branica; Gorazd Poje; Krsto Dawidowsky; Lana Kovač Bilić; Ika Gugić Radojković
- Source
- Liječnički vjesnik, Vol 143, Iss 7-8, Pp 273-276 (2021)
- Subject
- Medicine (General)
medicine.medical_specialty
sensorineural – drug therapy
business.industry
Treatment outcome
ear
Retrospective cohort study
General Medicine
R5-920
inner – injuries
blast injuries – complications
hearing loss
Internal medicine
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
Medicine
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 1849-2177
0024-3477
Aim: To establish whether a better recovery of sensorineural hearing loss can be achieved by a prednisone therapy immediately after a blast injury. Patients and Methods: Retrospective study included 115 patients with 183 inner ear damages with sensorineural hearing losses subsequent to a blast injury. A group of 67 patients (107 ears) received 20 mg prednisone during first seven days and 10 mg prednisone during next seven days. Forty-eight patients (76 ears) in the control group did not receive any therapy. Results: Although both groups achieved a significant improvement in hearing threshold when compared to the initial hearing loss (p