TY - JOUR
T1 - Sensorineural hearing loss in very low birth weight infants with histological chorioamnionitis
AU - Vedovato, Stefania
AU - Lo Iacono, Angela
AU - Morando, Carla
AU - Suppiej, Agnese
AU - Orzan, Eva
AU - Trevisanuto, Daniele
AU - Visentin, Silvia
AU - Cavallin, Francesco
AU - Chiarelli, Silvia
AU - Zanardo, Vincenzo
PY - 2015/5/1
Y1 - 2015/5/1
N2 - Objective: Histological chorioamnionitis (HCAM) has been associated with inflammatory diseases of preterm infants. Recently we have observed that it increased the risk of speech delay and hearing loss. So the aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) of VLBW infants and HCAM. Methods: We performed an observational study on VLBW infants admitted to the NICU of Padua. Each patient with HCAM was matched with one control without HCAM. All infants underwent hearing screening before discharge by means of automated transient-evoked otoacustic emissions and automated auditory brainstem responses, which were repeated at 3 and 6 months of age with tympanometry measurement. Incidence of SNHL at 6 months of age was compared in the 2 groups and risk factors for hearing loss were studied. Results: Two of 77 (2.6%) newborns with HCAM e 6/73 (8.2%) without it presented SNHL at 6 months of corrected age (p = 0.16). Multivariable logistic regression analysis identified surgical ligation of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) as independent predictors of SNHL (OR: 5.75, 95% CI 1.34-24.84, p = 0.02), whereas the effect of HCAM on SNHL was only near to statistical significance level. Conclusions: Surgical ligation of PDA is associated with an increased risk of SNHL in VLBW infants, regardless of HCAM.
AB - Objective: Histological chorioamnionitis (HCAM) has been associated with inflammatory diseases of preterm infants. Recently we have observed that it increased the risk of speech delay and hearing loss. So the aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) of VLBW infants and HCAM. Methods: We performed an observational study on VLBW infants admitted to the NICU of Padua. Each patient with HCAM was matched with one control without HCAM. All infants underwent hearing screening before discharge by means of automated transient-evoked otoacustic emissions and automated auditory brainstem responses, which were repeated at 3 and 6 months of age with tympanometry measurement. Incidence of SNHL at 6 months of age was compared in the 2 groups and risk factors for hearing loss were studied. Results: Two of 77 (2.6%) newborns with HCAM e 6/73 (8.2%) without it presented SNHL at 6 months of corrected age (p = 0.16). Multivariable logistic regression analysis identified surgical ligation of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) as independent predictors of SNHL (OR: 5.75, 95% CI 1.34-24.84, p = 0.02), whereas the effect of HCAM on SNHL was only near to statistical significance level. Conclusions: Surgical ligation of PDA is associated with an increased risk of SNHL in VLBW infants, regardless of HCAM.
KW - Chorioamnionitis
KW - Hearing screening
KW - Preterm infants
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U2 - 10.3109/14767058.2014.936375
DO - 10.3109/14767058.2014.936375
M3 - Article
C2 - 24949929
AN - SCOPUS:84930897231
VL - 28
SP - 895
EP - 899
JO - Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
JF - Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
SN - 1476-7058
IS - 8
ER -