ArticleBMJ paediatrics open2022
Sensorineural hearing loss after neonatal meningitis: a single-centre retrospective study.
Article in BMJ paediatrics open, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Biological markers of hearing loss in neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Pooled it
- Impact of neonatal sepsis on neurocognitive outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pediatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Recent advancements in pediatric purulent meningitis: diagnosis and treatment.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2026Review
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Abstract
Babies in intensive care are at higher risk for meningitis and sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). We reviewed the rate of SNHL among definite cases of bacterial/fungal meningitis in our neonatal intensive care unit over a 16-year period (2006-2021). We identified 16 confirmed meningitis cases among 16 070 admissions: 8 of 10 surviving infants with available diagnostic audiology had normal/satisfactory hearing while 2 of 10 had SNHL. Both infants with permanent hearing loss had been born extremely preterm and received potentially ototoxic antimicrobials. Larger studies are needed to clarify whether SNHL occurs mainly due to meningitis itself or to its antimicrobial drug treatment.
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