title: Comparison of carbogen inhalation and intravenous heparin infusion therapies in idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss.
abstract: The effect of carbogen (5% carbon dioxide and 95% oxygen) inhalation and intravenous heparin on sudden sensorineural hearing loss was compared. Forty-four patients received the former, 43 the latter treatment, respectively. The patients were unselected patients of the clinic. The PTA (0.5-2.0 kHz) at the pretreatment stage was 62 dB in the heparin and 55 dB in the carbogen group. One month later the corresponding figures were 34 and 32 dB, the difference being statistically not significant. Thus neither of these methods proved superior in the treatment of sudden sensorineural hearing loss.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Tampere University Hospital, Finland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rahko
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kotti
mesh_terms: D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003638:Deafness / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D003639:Hearing Loss, Sudden / Q000628:therapy*; D006493:Heparin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; C011700:carbogen; D006493:Heparin; D010100:Oxygen