[A randomized controlled trail on vasodilators and steroids for sudden sensorineural hearing loss].
OBJECTIVE
To assess the therapeutic efficiency of dextran and steroids for sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) and to investigate the correlation factors of the prognosis.


METHODS
In this multi-center clinical trial, 100 patients who were diagnosed of SSHL were randomly divided into dextran treatment group and steroid treatment group. Eleven correlation factors of the prognosis and therapeutic efficiency of SSHL were analyzed through a logistic regression model.


RESULTS
Four factors entered the logistic regression model. They were the mean value of high frequency of hearing threshold, vertigo, pattern of hearing loss and treatment programme.


CONCLUSIONS
Steroid was more effective in the treatment of SSHL compared with dextran.
Wen
Bei
B
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Western China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China. wenbei324@sohu.com
Liang
Chuanyu
C
He
Gang
G
Fan
Min
M
Liu
Hanqiang
H
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D003639:Hearing Loss, Sudden / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D055815:Young Adult
D013256:Steroids; D014665:Vasodilator Agents