Hearing improvement in an amikacin-induced ototoxicity in a young patient with chronic renal failure : a case study / Danilo De Veza.
Language: English Publication details: Fairview, Quezon City Department of Otolaryngology, FEU-NRMF, 2005Description: 17 pages: illustrations; (in folder)Content type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- ENT20050001
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Research | Far Eastern University - Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation Research | ENT20050001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | R000067 |
Includes appendices and bibliographical references.
ABSTRACT: Presented is a case of an 11 year-old male with chronic renal failure who developed and later improved from amikacin ototoxity that developed while he was being treated for CAPD-rellated peritonitis. The pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of ototoxicity were discussed. Patients at high risk of developing ototoxicity were enumerated and the possible risk factors present in the patient were identified. The improvement in the hearing loss of the patient is attributed to the prompt widrawal of the amikacin resulting in moderate destruction of the hair cells in the organ of Corti. Lastly, the importance of preventing ototoxicity, in trms of identifying patients at high risk and hearing test monitoring, were reiterated.
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