GONG Yun 1 , LIANG Chuanyu 1 , LI Jing 2 , TIAN Aimin 1 , CHEN Na 1
  • 1. The department of otorhinolaryngology; West China Hospital; Sichuan University; Sichuan 610041; China2. The department of clinical epidemiology; Chinese Evidence-based Medicine/Cochrane Center; China;
Sudden sensorinenral hearing loss; vasodilator; systematic review; randomized controlled trials; meta-analysis
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Objective 　To assess the effects and safety of vasodilators for sudden sensorineurial hearing loss (SSHL).
Search strategy 　Electronic databases: MEDLINE from 1966, EMBASE from 1974, the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, Chinese Bio-medicine Database from 1989. Hand search: Five kinds of Chinese otolaryngology journals were searched. Literature references were checked intensively.
Selection criteria 　Randomized controlled trials comparing vasodilators with placebo or other drugs in patients with SSHL.
Data collection and analysis 　At least two reviewers independently assessed trials quality and extracted data.
Main results 　Thirteen trials with 1 155 patients were eligible and included in the systematic review. Ten of the trials were from developed countries and them were from P. R. China. None of the four trials showed that the effects of vasodilators were better than placebo for SSHL. None of the seven trials showed that the effects of one kind of vasodilators were better than that of the other vasodilators. Two trials showed that other drugs, such as batroxobin and hypaque,were probably better than some vasodilators (dextran, papaverine, 654-2, danshen). Eight trials reported the side effects of vasodilators, such as pruritus, allergy, etc.
Reviewers’ conclusions 　Base on the systematic review of current eligible randomized controlled trials, there is no evidence to prove that vasodilator therapy is better than placebo or other therapies for SSHL, or the effects of one kind of vasodilator are better than that of the other vasodilators. We can’t draw a reliable conclusion about the effects of vasodilators for SSHL at the moment. And we must pay attention to their potential adverse reactions.

Citation： GONG Yun,LIANG Chuanyu,LI Jing,TIAN Aimin,CHEN Na. Vasodilators for sudden sensorinenral hearing loss:a systematicreview of randomized controlled trials. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2001, 01(2): 87-94. doi: Copy

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