HEARING LOSS IN BLAST TRAUMA VICTIMS. A MULTICENTRE RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
| Autor: | Attique Ahmed, Wasif Siddique, Manzoor Ahmed, Naeem Riaz Bhalli, Maryam Khan, Kamran Ashfaq Ahmed Butt |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
otologic disease
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Medicine (General) Hearing loss business.industry Perforation (oil well) Retrospective cohort study Audiogram tympanic membrane perforation R5-920 medicine otorhinolaryngologic diseases blast injuries Hearing improvement Medicine Trauma victims medicine.symptom business Ear Injury Tympanic Membrane Perforation hearing loss |
| Zdroj: | Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 71, Iss SUPPL-1, Pp 130-135 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2411-8842 0030-9648 |
| Popis: | Objective: To describe the resultant Otologic morbidity and report on the early outcomes following blasts occurring in twin cities of Quetta and Peshawar. Study Design: Case series. Place and Duration of Study: ENT department Tertiary Care Centre Quetta and Tertiary Care Hospital Peshawar. Study period was, from Jan 2013 to Dec 2013. Methodology: All bomb blast patients brought to the hospitals were included in study. Participants completed Symptom Assessment Forms followed by detailed ENT examination and Pure Tone Audiograms on arrival and after 6 weeks. Results: A total of 504 patients were included initially of which 80% of the patients were male. About 57.8% of the patients complained of ear injury, 21.6% of the total patients had tympanic membrane perforation on initial presentation. Chances of spontaneous closure of perforation were 20.9% in our study. Chances of hearing improvement were 17.9% in our study at the end of the study period. Conclusion: Blast related otologic injuries constituted a major source of morbidity The most common type of hearing loss following a blast trauma was mild to moderate conductive type. Chances of recovery of hearing following blast do exist (17.9%). Suspected patients should be regularly assessed and followed up. Much work needs to be done to study the impact of blast trauma on hearing in our country. |
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