An Ototoxicity Grading System Within a Mobile App (OtoCalc) for a Resource-Limited Setting to Guide Grading and Management of Drug-Induced Hearing Loss in Patients With Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Prospective, Cross-Sectional Case Series.

Cara Hollander Karin Joubert Natalie Schellack

Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2020)

This newly developed system is more sensitive than the existing grading methods for determining ototoxicity in patients with DR-TB. This app needs to be trialed in a larger sample to establish data security, ease of use, and suitability within this population.

Keyphrases

drug resistant
drug induced
liver injury
multidrug resistant
cross sectional
mycobacterium tuberculosis
acinetobacter baumannii
hearing loss
adverse drug
electronic health record
pulmonary tuberculosis
big data
machine learning
deep learning
artificial intelligence
hiv infected
cystic fibrosis