1 / 29

Introduction

Evaluation of Diffusing Capacity of the Lung for Carbon Monoxide Normalized per Liter Alveolar Volume (DLCO/VA) as a Parameter for Assessment of Interstitial Lung Diseases Haytham Samy Diab , MD Lecturer of Chest Diseases, Ain Shams University. Introduction

suchi
Download Presentation

Introduction

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Evaluation of Diffusing Capacity of the Lung for Carbon Monoxide Normalized per Liter Alveolar Volume (DLCO/VA) as a Parameter for Assessment of Interstitial Lung DiseasesHaythamSamyDiab, MDLecturer of Chest Diseases, Ain Shams University

  2. Introduction The single-breath test using carbon monoxide (CO) is the most widely used method to measure the pulmonary diffusing capacity. The result usually expressed for the whole lung (DLCO) or per unit alveolar volume DLCO/VA(kco).

  3. One of the most important clinical indications of DLCO- single breath (SB) technique is assessing interstitial lung diseases (ILDs); as there is thickening of the alveolar membrane and a diminished total lung capacity (TLC) due to interstitial processes which may lead to a severe decline in transfer factor. The acinus is disrupted and the diffusion pathway is increased. Typical diseases are extrinsic allergic alveolitis, pulmonary vasculitis syndromes, systemic lupus erythematosus and of course interstitial fibrosis

  4. DLCO/VA (kco) represents the diffusing capacity in the available alveolar spaces. In other words DLCO/VA determines whether the currently available alveolar spaces are functioning normally. In healthy adults, DLCO/VA is approximately 4-5ml CO transferred/min/liter of lung volume.

  5. A normal DLCO/VA cannot exclude ILD. A decreased DLCO/VA, however, strongly suggests parenchymal lung disease (ILD, emphysema) or pulmonary vascular disease (pulmonary hypertension). In healthy volunteers, DLCO decreases and the DLCO/VA increases if VA is decreased.

  6. Aim of the Work This study aimed to assess the validity of DLCO/VA (kco) interpretation in patients with ILDs.

  7. Subjects and methods Fifty three consecutive patients referred to perform spirometry and DLCO in the pulmonary function lab of Chest department, Ain Shams University hospital diagnosed as ILDs during period between May 2011 and May 2012 were recruited.

  8. ILDs diagnosis was based on the the clinical history, radiographic abnormalities, low DLCO, 6 minute walk testing (6MWT) according to an official statement of the: American Thoracic Socity (ATS) European Respiratory Socity (ERS) Japanese Respiratory Socity (JRS) Latin American Thoracic Association (ALAT) (evidence based guidelines for diagnosis and management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis)

  9. The patients performed spirometry: forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC), FEV1/FVC, maximal mid-expiratory flow (MMEF), The best results were chosen from three efforts following ATS-ERS guidelines in 2005. They also performed DLCO. All data were collected and statistically analyzed.

  10. Results Fifty three patients with ILD (mean age 47.9 ± 13.7) participated in this study. Of these patients 20 were male and 33 were females.

  11. There was significantly statistical positive correlation between age and FVC and significantly statistical negative correlation between age and residual volume (RV)

  12. Height showed significantly statistical positive correlation with each of DLCO and FRC

  13. There was significantly statistical positive correlation between VA and each of the following parameters (TLC, FVC, RV, FRC), while there was significantly statistical negative correlation between VA and kco

  14. This table shows that the FVC was significantly statistical positive correlated with each of TLC by single breath technique, FRC and age. There was significantly statistical negative correlation between FVC and RV/ TLC

  15. There was no significant correlation between FVC and (DLCO, kco, MMEF, BMI) when statistically tested.

  16. There was significantly statistical relation between FVC and RV using regression linear analysis.

  17. There was significantly statistical positive correlation between DLCO and kco.

  18. The results showed that kcowas significantly statistical positive correlated to DLCO and significantly statistical negative correlated to TLC using

  19. There was significantly statistical relation between kcoand all of DLCO, MMEF, RV/TLC, TLC using Regression Linear Analysis.

  20. Clinical implications Firstly we have to point that DLCO and DLCO/VA (kco) are usually compared with predicted values of healthy volunteers, who by definition have a normal TLC. Reduction in alveolar volume by disease processes is the largest potential source of error in interpreting DLCO. So correction for the effect of altered alveolar volume has been tried by reporting the ratio of DLCO/VA (kco).

  21. DLCO/VA (kco)was introduced in clinical practice mainly to allow for reductions in VA brought about by a loss of pulmonary tissue as for example, following pneumonectomy. The decrease in DLCO following pneumonectomy is of a totally different nature than that caused by a thickened alveolar capillary membrane, as in lung fibrosis, or by lung destruction, as in emphysema.

  22. Although our study reported a significant statistical positive correlation between DLCO and kco, but kcois proportionally less decreased than DLCO as the mean of kcoand DLCO was 76.51 and 45.62 respectively. Normally VA represent nearly 10% of TLC and the difference being related to the anatomic dead space and the gas mixture.

  23. The patients of ILD have low lung volumes, and their VA was near their TLC. In contrast to patients with moderate to severe obstruction where TLC was increased and the VA was lower than TLC being about 50% of TLC. It can be concluded that the VA and TLC-SB can be a good guide for lung volume in patients with interstitial lung disease.

  24. Our study has two limitations: First, we did not correct the DLCO values for hemoglobin concentration, as this information was not available on all subjects. While this certainly may have changed the DLCO and kcovalues but it should have changed both equally, and so not affected the primary purpose of our study, which was to compare the two values.

  25. Second, we accounted on TLC-SB technique rather than TLC measured by Body Plethysmography which is more accurate but with high costs. However, the TLC-SB and VA at low lung volumes gives reproducible results we can account on.

  26. conclusion In interpretation of DLCO-SB, the DLCO/VA ratio (kco) should not be neglected and should be in coherent with the interpretation of DLCO, as decreased DLCO/VA strongly suggests parenchymal lung disease. However, alone does not provide a valid index of the effect of changes in alveolar volume; it may lead to errors in interpretation of the diffusing capacity.

  27. VA and TLC-SB could be good indicators of lung volume in patients with Interstitial Lung Disease which needs further investigations on a wide scale.

  28. Thank You

More Related