title: A clinical study of microcirculatory disturbance in Chinese patients with sudden deafness.
abstract: CONCLUSIONS
  Cochlear microcirculation disturbance is closely associated with sudden deafness.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relationship between cochlear microcirculation and sudden deafness.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical laboratory parameters (clinical chemistry, hemorheology, hematology, and hemostasis determinations) were studied in 86 patients with sudden deafness and 30 healthy control subjects.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The levels of total cholesterol (TCH), triglyceride (TG), and lipoprotein A were significantly higher in patients with sudden deafness than in control subjects. Plasma viscosity, ratio viscosity of whole blood, reduced viscosity of whole blood, high and low shear relative viscosity of whole blood, index of red blood cells transmutation, and fibrinogen level in the plasma of patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) were also significantly elevated in comparison with those in control subjects. White-collar workers with psychological and behavioral abnormalities tend to suffer from sudden deafness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, First Hospital ofAnHui Medical University, HeFei, China.
authors.forename: Yuan-Yuan
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Zhe
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Bu-Sheng
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Jian-Ming
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Ye-Hai
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Maoli
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001809:Blood Viscosity; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000097:blood*; D003639:Hearing Loss, Sudden / Q000097:blood*; D018056:Hemorheology; D006487:Hemostasis; D006801:Humans; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008833:Microcirculation; D008875:Middle Aged; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D008074:Lipoproteins; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol