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ArticlePakistan journal of medical sciences

Serum Immunoglobulin E and Serotonin levels in Chronic Supporative Otitis Media Patients with and without treatment.

Shafaque Mehboob, Sm Tariq Rafi, Mehjabeen, Hurtimania Khan

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Article in Pakistan journal of medical sciences. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shafaque MehboobShafaque Mehboob, Assistant Professor, Institute of Pharmacy, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Sm Tariq RafiSM Tariq Rafi, Vice Chancellor, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan.
MehjabeenMehjabeen, Dean of Pharmacy, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan.
Hurtimania KhanHurtimania Khan, Ear, Nose and Throat Department, Jinnah Post Graduate Center, Karachi, Pakistan.
Jinnah Sindh Medical University · PK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo determine the serum immunoglobulin E and serotonin levels of patients with chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) with and without treatment.

methodsThis is a case-control study carried out in ENT ward of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre Karachi Pakistan from May to September 2018.. Sample (n=160) was divided into four groups (40 individuals per group) as G1: control negative (group-1 without any disease), G2: positive control (patients didn't received medicines), G3: group (patients treated with co-amoxicillin 1000mg per day) and G4: group (patients treated with ciprofloxacin1000mg per day). After treatment period of One week serum immunoglobulin E and serotonin concentrations were evaluated by Elisa method at 450nm.Statistical evaluation was carried out using one-way ANOVA (

resultsThere was no significant (

conclusionAntibiotics may revert the higher levels of IgE but cannot attenuate the decreased levels of neurotransmitter (serotonin) like healthy individuals, therefore, depression levels of CSOM patients should be monitored, scored and attenuated with proper intervention of antidepressants or counseling.

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Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media (CSOM)DepressionImmuonoglobulin ESerotonin

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PMID34475922
PMCPMC8377913
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