Ototoxicity /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Hamilton, Canada ; London :
BC Decker,
2004.
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Table of Contents:
- Sec. I. Anatomy and physiology
- Anatomy and physiology of the cochlea
- Physiology of the vestibular system
- Sec. II. Systemic toxicity
- Salicylates, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, quinine, and heavy metals
- Ototoxicity of loop diuretics
- Clinical uses of cisplatin
- Ototoxicity of platinum compounds
- Iron chelating and other chemotherapeutic agents : the vinca alkaloids
- Clinical aminoglycoside ototoxicity
- Mechanisms for aminoglycoside ototoxicity : basic science research
- Macrolides
- Sec. III. Topical toxicity
- Middle ear effects of ototopical agents
- Topical aminoglycoside cochlear toxicity
- Topical aminoglycoside vestibular toxicity
- Chloramphenicol, colymycin, and polymyxin
- Topical antifungals
- Surgical disinfectants and antiseptics
- Sec. IV. Interventions
- Genetic factors in aminoglycoside ototoxicity
- Audiologic monitoring for ototoxicity
- Monitoring vestibular ototoxicity
- Ototoxic damage to hearing : otoprotective therapies
- Sec. V. Therapeutic uses of ototoxic effects
- Systemic treatment of bilateral Meniere's disease
- Intratympanic gentamicin in the treatment of Meniere's disease
- Sec. VI. Medicolegal concerns
- Medicolegal aspects of ototoxicity
- Appendix 1 : Information provided to lawyers
- Appendix 2 : Summary of the 2004 AAO-HNS consensus panel recommendations
- Appendix 3 : Major groups of agents recognized to be ototoxic in humans