CT densitovolumetry in children with obliterative bronchiolitis: correlation with clinical scores and pulmonary function test results

  • Mocelin H
  • Bueno G
  • Irion K
  • et al.
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OBJECTIVE: 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).METHODS: 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.RESULTS: 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).CONCLUSIONS: Our results show that AT% correlates significantly with clinical scores and pulmonary function test results in children with OB.OBJETIVO: Determinar as correlações entre o volume de aprisionamento aéreo em relação ao volume pulmonar total (AA%) e parâmetros clínicos e funcionais em crianças com bronquiolite obliterante (BO).MÉTODOS: Técnicas de pós-processamento de imagem foram usadas em imagens de TC de 19 crianças com BO para quantificar AA% por meio de um limiar fixo de −950 UH (AA%950) e de limiares selecionados por meio de máscaras de densidade (AA%MD). Os pacientes foram divididos em três grupos, de acordo com a gravidade de AA%. Foram examinadas as correlações entre AA% e a saturação de oxigênio (SO2) em repouso, a distância percorrida no teste de caminhada de seis minutos (DTC6), a SO2 mínima durante o teste de caminhada de seis minutos (SO2_TC6), a CVF, o VEF1, a relação VEF1/CVF e parâmetros clínicos.RESULTADOS: A DTC6 foi maior nos pacientes com maiores volumes pulmonares normais (r = 0,53). Na amostra como um todo, encontramos (antes e depois da exclusão de valores extremos, respectivamente), correlações estatisticamente significativas entre AA%950 e o escore clínico (r = 0,72; 0,80), a CVF (r = 0,24; 0,59), o VEF1 (r = −0,58; −0,67) e a relação VEF1/CVF (r = −0,53; r = −0,62), bem como entre AA%MD e o escore clínico (r = 0,58; r = 0,63), a SO2 em repouso (r = −0,40; r = −0,61), a SO2_TC6 (r = −0,24; r = −0,55), a CVF (r = −0,44; r = −0,80), o VEF1 (r = −0,65; r = −0,71) e a relação VEF1/CVF (r = −0,41; r = −0,52).CONCLUSÕES: Os resultados deste estudo mostram que AA% correlaciona-se significativamente com escores clínicos e testes de função pulmonar em crianças com BO.

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Mocelin, H., Bueno, G., Irion, K., Marchiori, E., Sarria, E., Watte, G., & Hochhegger, B. (2013). CT densitovolumetry in children with obliterative bronchiolitis: correlation with clinical scores and pulmonary function test results. Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 39(6), 701–710. https://doi.org/10.1590/s1806-37132013000600009

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