The relationship between peripheral blood neutrophil count and prognosis of patients with sudden deafness

Objective To investigate the relationship between peripheral blood neutrophil levels and prognosis in patients with sudden deafness. Methods 160 patients with sudden deafness were treated with pure tone hearing threshold to determine hearing loss, type of treatment, before treatment and treatment every other day the blood neutrophil level was detected.According to the level of neutrophil before treatment, the patients were divided into high-level group and low-level group.The neutrophil levels in two groups were recorded, and the prognosis of patients was analyzed. Results The total effective rate was 70.64% in patients with sudden deafness after treatment, and 72 patients had high level of neutrophil in the peripheral blood before treatment, and gradually decreased to normal range as the treatment progressed.The prognosis of peripheral blood neutrophils in high-level group and low-level group was compared, we found that the total effective rate was 38.85% in the high level group and 31.79% in the low level group, and the high-level group had a better prognosis than the low-level group, the difference was statistically significant(χ2=9.194, P<0.01). Conclusion The higher the level of neutrophils in patients with sudden deafness before treatment, the better the prognosis of patients. Key words: Deafness; Neutrophils; Prognosis