Rheopheresis for idiopathic sudden hearing loss: Results from a large prospective, multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 266, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 943-953

  Mösges, Ralph ^a   Köberlein, Juliane ^a   Heibges, Andreas ^b   Erdtracht, Bernard ^c   Klingel, Reinhard ^b   Lehmacher, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Apheresis Research Institute   (Germany)

^c Rheopheresis Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apheresis; Corticosteroids; Hemodilution; Idiopathic sensorineural hearing loss; ISHL; Microcirculation; Rheopheresis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTEROID; FIBRINOGEN; HEPARIN; HETASTARCH; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PENTOXIFYLLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; APHERESIS; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHLEA BLOOD FLOW; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEVICE; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FILTER; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TEST; HEMODILUTION; HUMAN; HYPERVISCOSITY SYNDROME; HYPOTENSION; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC SUDDEN HEARING LOSS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MICROCIRCULATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PLASMA VISCOSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; RHEOPHERESIS; SEIZURE; SHORT FORM 36; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS; VOMITING;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; BLOOD COMPONENT REMOVAL; BLOOD VISCOSITY; EAR, INNER; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 67349099094     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-008-0823-5     Document Type: Article

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