Potential ototoxicity of aluminum in hemodialysis patients

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 137-141

  Chu, Pei Lun ^a,b   Wu, Chen Chi ^b   Hsu, Chuan Jen ^b   Wang, Yu Ting ^b   Wu, Kwan Dun ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

End stage renal disease; Hearing impairment; Hemodialysis; Ototoxicity; Serum aluminum level

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; OTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALUMINUM; COCHLEAR NERVE; EAR, INNER; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, HIGH-FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 33846064689     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000248228.76521.c5     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Gatland D, Tucker B, Chalstrey S, et al. Hearing loss in chronic renal failure-hearing threshold changes following haemodialysis. J R Soc Med 1991;84:587-589.
2. Bazzi C, Venturini CT, Pagani C, et al. Hearing loss in shortand long-term haemodialysed patients. Nephrol Dial Transplant 1995;10:1865-1868.
3. Kusakari J, Hara A, Takeyama M, et al. The hearing of the patients treated with hemodialysis: a long term follow-up study. Auris Nasus Larynx 1992;19:105-113.
4. Kligerman AB, Solangi KB, Ventry IM, et al. Hearing impairment associated with chronic renal failure. Laryngoscope 1981;91:583-592.
5. Serbetcioglu MB, Erdogan S, Sifil A. Effects of a single session of hemodialysis on hearing abilities. Acta Otolaryngol 2001;121:836-838.
6. Yassin A, Badry A, Fatt-Hi A. The relationship between electrolyte balance and cochlear disturbances in cases of renal failure. J Laryngol Otol 1970;84:429-435.
7. de los Santos CA, Bau AR, d'Avila DO, et al. Audiometric changes in patients undergoing hemodialysis and renal transplantation. Transplant Proc 1999;31:3011-3012.
8. Ozturan O, Lam S. The effect of hemodialysis on hearing using pure-tone audiometry and distortion-product otoacoustic emissions. ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 1998;60:306-313.
9. Nordal KP, Dahl E, Sorhus K, et al. Gastrointestinal absorption and urinary excretion of aluminium in patients with predialysis chronic renal failure. Pharmacol Toxicol 1988;63:351-354.
10. Nathan E, Pedersen SE. Dialysis encephalopathy in a non-dialysed uraemic boy treated with aluminium hydroxide orally. Acta Paediatr Scand 1980;69:793-796.
11. Becaria A, Campbell A, Bondy SC. Aluminum as a toxicant. Toxicol Ind Health 2002;18:309-320.
12. Alfrey AC, LeGendre GR, Kaehny WD. The dialysis encephalopathy syndrome. Possible aluminum intoxication. N Engl J Med 1976;294:184-188.
13. Cannata-Andia JB, Fernandez-Martin JL. The clinical impact of aluminium overload in renal failure. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2002;17(Suppl 2):9-12.
14. Wu CC, Chen YS, Chen PJ, Hsu CJ. Common clinical features of children with enlarged vestibular aqueduct and Mondini dysplasia. Laryngoscope 2005;115:132-137.
15. Hutchinson JC Jr, Klodd DA. Electrophysiologic analysis of auditory, vestibular and brain stem function in chronic renal failure. Laryngoscope 1982;92:833-843.
16. Rossini PM, Di Stefano E, Febbo A, et al. Brain-stem auditory evoked responses (BAERs) in patients with chronic renal failure. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1984;57:507-514.
17. Littman TA, Magruder A, Strother DR. Monitoring and predicting ototoxic damage using distortion-product otoacoustic emissions: pediatric case study. J Am Acad Audiol 1998;9:257-262.
18. Yokel RA. The toxicology of aluminum in the brain: a review. Neurotoxicology 2000;21:813-828.