https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/521775
標題: | Correlates of degree of nerve involvement in early Bell's palsy | 作者: | Hsieh R.-L. Wu C.-W. Wang L.-Y. WEN-CHUNG LEE |
公開日期: | 2009 | 卷: | 9 | 來源出版物: | BMC Neurology | 摘要: | Background: This study aimed to evaluate the still unknown factors correlating with the degree of nerve involvement in early Bell's palsy. Methods: This retrospective chart review study of newly diagnosed casesof Bell's palsy was conducted over a three-year period. Information on age, sex, day of onset, comorbidities, corticosteroid use, and electroneurographic test results were collected. The electroneurographic quotient (amplitude of compound muscle action potential on the affected side divided by that on the healthy side and expressed in percent) was used as an index of nerve involvement, with lower quotient indicating more severe disease. Results: Data were collected on 563 patients. The mean electroneurographic quotient varied inversely with age (p < 0.001) and was higher in patients who used corticosteroids than those who did not (47.1% vs. 40.3%; p = 0.002). There was no correlation between the degree of nerve involvement and sex, season of onset, hypertension, or diabetes. Conclusion: The degree of nerve involvement in early Bell's palsy correlates positively with age and negatively with corticosteroid use. ? 2009 Hsieh et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. |
URI: | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-67649837031&doi=10.1186%2f1471-2377-9-22&partnerID=40&md5=809f4bf0329d29fe626cb2f4e381ff42 https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/521775 |
ISSN: | 1471-2377 | DOI: | 10.1186/1471-2377-9-22 | SDG/關鍵字: | aciclovir; antivirus agent; corticosteroid; adolescent; adult; age; aged; article; Bell palsy; child; comorbidity; diabetes mellitus; disease severity; drug use; electroneurography; facial nerve paralysis; female; gender; human; hypertension; infant; major clinical study; male; medical record; muscle action potential; onset age; retrospective study; Bell palsy; electromyography; electrostimulation; methodology; middle aged; newborn; pathology; pathophysiology; peripheral nerve; preschool child; season; statistics; Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Bell Palsy; Child; Child, Preschool; Electric Stimulation; Electromyography; Female; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Middle Aged; Peripheral Nerves; Retrospective Studies; Seasons; Statistics as Topic; Young Adult |
顯示於: | 流行病學與預防醫學研究所 |
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