Unilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss after combined spinal-epidural anesthesia for emergency cesarean section: A case report
Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
;
: 359-361, 2016.
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in English
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| ID: wpr-177911
ABSTRACT
A 30-year-old primigravida with gestational age of 25 weeks and 4 days was admitted for emergency cesarean section. She was diagnosed as pre-eclampsia with fetal distress. We anesthetized the patient through the combined spinal-epidural anesthetic technique, and there was no specific event throughout the surgical procedures and in post anesthetic care unit. Subsequently, she complained of unilateral hearing difficulty in the ward and an otolaryngology consultation was obtained. She was diagnosed with left sudden sensorineural hearing loss in full frequency range after an acoustic examination. She received intravenous and local steroid treatments for 4 weeks. She showed 32 dB on pure tone audiometry after 5 months. However, we could not continue follow-up testing on the patient because she stopped visiting the hospital since the last examination. We reported a case of uncommon unilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss after a combined spinal-epidural anesthesia for emergency cesarean section.
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Main subject:
Otolaryngology
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Pre-Eclampsia
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Audiometry
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Acoustics
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Cesarean Section
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Follow-Up Studies
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Gestational Age
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Emergencies
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Fetal Distress
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Hearing
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Language:
English
Journal:
Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Year:
2016
Type:
Article
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