Santa Casa Sisters of Mercy Hospital Complex in Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
J Bras Pneumol. 2013 Nov-Dec;39(6):701-10. doi: 10.1590/S1806-37132013000600009.
To determine whether air trapping (expressed as the percentage of air trapping relative to total lung volume [AT%]) correlates with clinical and functional parameters in children with obliterative bronchiolitis (OB).
CT scans of 19 children with OB were post-processed for AT% quantification with the use of a fixed threshold of -950 HU (AT%950) and of thresholds selected with the aid of density masks (AT%DM). Patients were divided into three groups by AT% severity. We examined AT% correlations with oxygen saturation (SO2) at rest, six-minute walk distance (6MWD), minimum SO2 during the six-minute walk test (6MWT_SO2), FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC, and clinical parameters.
The 6MWD was longer in the patients with larger normal lung volumes (r = 0.53). We found that AT%950 showed significant correlations (before and after the exclusion of outliers, respectively) with the clinical score (r = 0.72; 0.80), FVC (r = 0.24; 0.59), FEV1 (r = -0.58; -0.67), and FEV1/FVC (r = -0.53; r = -0.62), as did AT%DM with the clinical score (r = 0.58; r = 0.63), SO2 at rest (r = -0.40; r = -0.61), 6MWT_SO2 (r = -0.24; r = -0.55), FVC (r = -0.44; r = -0.80), FEV1 (r = -0.65; r = -0.71), and FEV1/FVC (r = -0.41; r = -0.52).
Our results show that AT% correlates significantly with clinical scores and pulmonary function test results in children with OB.
确定空气潴留(以空气潴留相对于全肺容积的百分比[AT%]表示)是否与闭塞性细支气管炎(OB)患儿的临床和功能参数相关。
对 19 例 OB 患儿的 CT 扫描进行后处理,使用-950 HU 的固定阈值(AT%950)和密度掩模辅助选择的阈值(AT%DM)来定量 AT%。根据 AT%严重程度将患者分为三组。我们检查了 AT%与静息时血氧饱和度(SO2)、6 分钟步行距离(6MWD)、6 分钟步行试验期间最低 SO2(6MWT_SO2)、FVC、FEV1、FEV1/FVC 和临床参数的相关性。
具有较大正常肺容积的患者 6MWD 更长(r = 0.53)。我们发现 AT%950 与临床评分(分别在排除异常值之前和之后,r = 0.72;0.80)、FVC(r = 0.24;0.59)、FEV1(r = -0.58;-0.67)和 FEV1/FVC(r = -0.53;r = -0.62)具有显著相关性,AT%DM 与临床评分(r = 0.58;r = 0.63)、静息时 SO2(r = -0.40;r = -0.61)、6MWT_SO2(r = -0.24;r = -0.55)、FVC(r = -0.44;r = -0.80)、FEV1(r = -0.65;r = -0.71)和 FEV1/FVC(r = -0.41;r = -0.52)具有显著相关性。
我们的结果表明,AT%与 OB 患儿的临床评分和肺功能测试结果显著相关。