Posted by Anonymous Reviewer on 17 Jan 2017 07:34:47 AM GMTReviewed by
WMC Editors
What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?
claims are that carbonmonoxide causes hearing loss. It is important in terms of the knowledge in CO poisonings
Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.
all the references for this case reports are about hearing loss in CO poisoning
Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?
yes
Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?
there is no previous audio in this patient. The evidence is ciurcumstantial which is reasonable
If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?
RCT cannot be done for the poisoning cases
Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?
This is a case report and not a study
Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?
It is difficult to do this work on humans . Guess it is possible to do on animals
Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?
no, only a case report
Other Comments:
nil
Competing interests: .
Invited by the author to review this article? : Yes
Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?: No
References:
None
Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:
I am an otologist by profession , and hence my expertise
How to cite: Anonymous.Unilateral Hearing Loss Following Carbon Monoxide Poisoning[Review of the article 'Unilateral Hearing Loss Following Carbon Monoxide Poisoning ' by Duarte D].WebmedCentral 2017;8(1):WMCRW003356
claims are that carbonmonoxide causes hearing loss. It is important in terms of the knowledge in CO poisonings
all the references for this case reports are about hearing loss in CO poisoning
yes
there is no previous audio in this patient. The evidence is ciurcumstantial which is reasonable
RCT cannot be done for the poisoning cases
This is a case report and not a study
It is difficult to do this work on humans . Guess it is possible to do on animals
no, only a case report
nil
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Yes
No
None
I am an otologist by profession , and hence my expertise