Audiologic data at baseline were also similar. Gentamicin-induced hearing loss was mostly moderate in its effect. The incidence of hearing loss in the placebo group was within the anticipated ...

What seems to be better known about gentamicin's side effects is the drug's connection to potential hearing loss or kidney failure. Doctors will closely monitor kidneys and hearing in gentamicin ...

However, researchers know that aminoglycosides like gentamicin are associated with hearing loss. As a consequence, infants in neonatal intensive care units, where aminoglycosides are used ...

Methods: Children with suspected sepsis were prospectively enrolled to receive ODD of gentamicin at 7 mg/kg/day. Hearing and renal function were objectively assessed at baseline, during therapy ...

A world-first genetic test, partly developed by University of Manchester scientists that could save the hearing of hundreds of babies each year, has been developed and successfully piloted in the NHS.

However, the use of gentamicin carries the risk of hearing loss if the baby has the m ... has conditionally recommended the use of the genedrive kit, a diagnostic test for detecting the m.1555A>G ...

The test - which analyses babies' DNA - can ... type of antibiotic and avoid having a lifetime of damaged hearing. Gentamicin is the first-choice antibiotic if a newborn develops a serious ...

A simple, single-question hearing screening administered by medical assistants could effectively identify older adults with untreated hearing loss, according to a study presented at the ...