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Spiesshoefer J, Henke C, Kabitz HJ, Nofer JR, Mohr M, Evers G, Strecker JK, Brix T, Randerath WJ, Herkenrath S, Schmidt LH, Boentert M. Respiratory Muscle and Lung Function in Lung Allograft Recipients: Association with Exercise Intolerance. Respiration 2020; 99:398-408. [PMID: 32403109 DOI: 10.1159/000507264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2019] [Accepted: 03/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In lung transplant recipients (LTRs), restrictive ventilation disorder may be present due to respiratory muscle dysfunction that may reduce exercise capacity. This might be mediated by pro-inflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6). OBJECTIVE We investigated lung respiratory muscle function as well as circulating pro-inflammatory cytokines and exercise capacity in LTRs. METHODS Fifteen LTRs (6 female, age 56 ± 14 years, 63 ± 45 months post-transplantation) and 15 healthy controls matched for age, sex, and body mass index underwent spirometry, measurement of mouth occlusion pressures, diaphragm ultrasound, and recording of twitch transdiaphragmatic (twPdi) and gastric pressures (twPgas) following magnetic stimulation of the phrenic nerves and the lower thoracic nerve roots. Exercise capacity was quantified using the 6-min walking distance (6MWD). Plasma IL-6 and TNF-α were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. RESULTS Compared with controls, patients had lower values for forced vital capacity (FVC; 81 ± 30 vs.109 ± 18% predicted, p = 0.01), maximum expiratory pressure (100 ± 21 vs.127 ± 17 cm H2O, p = 0.04), diaphragm thickening ratio (2.2 ± 0.4 vs. 3.0 ± 1.1, p = 0.01), and twPdi (10.4 ± 3.5 vs. 17.6 ± 6.7 cm H2O, p = 0.01). In LTRs, elevation of TNF-α was related to lung function (13 ± 3 vs. 11 ± 2 pg/mL in patients with FVC ≤80 vs. >80% predicted; p < 0.05), and lung function (forced expiratory volume after 1 s) was closely associated with diaphragm thickening ratio (r = 0.81; p < 0.01) and 6MWD (r = 0.63; p = 0.02). CONCLUSION There is marked restrictive ventilation disorder and respiratory muscle weakness in LTRs, especially inspiratory muscle weakness with diaphragm dysfunction. Lung function impairment relates to elevated levels of circulating TNF-α and diaphragm dysfunction and is associated with exercise intolerance.
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- Jens Spiesshoefer
- Respiratory Physiology Laboratory, Department of Neurology with Institute for Translational Neurology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany, .,Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy,
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- Respiratory Physiology Laboratory, Department of Neurology with Institute for Translational Neurology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Pneumology, Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Klinikum Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- Center for Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Münster, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.,Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology and Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology and Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Informatics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Bethanien Hospital gGmbH, Solingen, Germany.,Institute for Pneumology at the University of Cologne, Solingen, Germany
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- Bethanien Hospital gGmbH, Solingen, Germany.,Institute for Pneumology at the University of Cologne, Solingen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine A, Hematology, Oncology and Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Respiratory Physiology Laboratory, Department of Neurology with Institute for Translational Neurology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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Taşkin H, Telli Atalay O, Yuncu G, Taşpinar B, Yalman A, Şenol H. Postoperative respiratory muscle training in addition to chest physiotherapy after pulmonary resection: A randomized controlled study. Physiother Theory Pract 2018; 36:378-385. [DOI: 10.1080/09593985.2018.1488189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Harun Taşkin
- School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey
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- School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey
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- Department of Chest Surgery, Kent Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Dumlupınar University, School of Health Sciences, Kütahya, Turkey
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- School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey
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COPD is characterized by airflow limitation that is not fully reversible. The morphological basis for airflow obstruction results from a varying combination of obstructive changes in peripheral conducting airways and destructive changes in respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts, and alveoli. A reduction of vascularity within the alveolar septa has been reported in emphysema. Typical physiological changes reflect these structural abnormalities. Spirometry documents airflow obstruction when the FEV1/FVC ratio is reduced below the lower limit of normality, although in early disease stages FEV1 and airway conductance are not affected. Current guidelines recommend testing for bronchoreversibility at least once and the postbronchodilator FEV1/FVC be used for COPD diagnosis; the nature of bronchodilator response remains controversial, however. One major functional consequence of altered lung mechanics is lung hyperinflation. FRC may increase as a result of static or dynamic mechanisms, or both. The link between dynamic lung hyperinflation and expiratory flow limitation during tidal breathing has been demonstrated. Hyperinflation may increase the load on inspiratory muscles, with resulting length adaptation of diaphragm. Reduction of exercise tolerance is frequently noted, with compelling evidence that breathlessness and altered lung mechanics play a major role. Lung function measurements have been traditionally used as prognostic indices and to monitor disease progression; FEV1 has been most widely used. An increase in FVC is also considered as proof of bronchodilatation. Decades of work has provided insight into the histological, functional, and biological features of COPD. This has provided a clearer understanding of important pathobiological processes and has provided additional therapeutic options.
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Organ transplantation is one of the medical miracles or the 20th century. It has the capacity to substantially improve exercise performance and quality of life in patients who are severely limited with chronic organ failure. We focus on the most commonly performed solid-organ transplants and describe peak exercise performance following recovery from transplantation. Across all of the common transplants, evaluated significant reduction in VO2peak is seen (typically renal and liver 65%-80% with heart and/or lung 50%-60% of predicted). Those with the lowest VO2peak pretransplant have the lowest VO2peak posttransplant. Overall very few patients have a VO2peak in the normal range. Investigation of the cause of the reduction of VO2peak has identified many factors pre- and posttransplant that may contribute. These include organ-specific factors in the otherwise well-functioning allograft (e.g., chronotropic incompetence in heart transplantation) as well as allograft dysfunction itself (e.g., chronic lung allograft dysfunction). However, looking across all transplants, a pattern emerges. A low muscle mass with qualitative change in large exercising skeletal muscle groups is seen pretransplant. Many factor posttransplant aggravate these changes or prevent them recovering, especially calcineurin antagonist drugs which are key immunosuppressing agents. This results in the reduction of VO2peak despite restoration of near normal function of the initially failing organ system. As such organ transplantation has provided an experiment of nature that has focused our attention on an important confounder of chronic organ failure-skeletal muscle dysfunction.
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- Trevor J Williams
- Department of Allergy, Immunology, and Respiratory Medicine Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
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Estenne M, Fessler HE, DeCamp MM. Lung transplantation and lung volume reduction surgery. Compr Physiol 2011; 1:1437-71. [PMID: 23733648 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c100044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Since the publication of the last edition of the Handbook of Physiology, lung transplantation has become widely available, via specialized centers, for a variety of end-stage lung diseases. Lung volume reduction surgery, a procedure for emphysema first conceptualized in the 1950s, electrified the pulmonary medicine community when it was rediscovered in the 1990s. In parallel with their technical and clinical refinement, extensive investigation has explored the unique physiology of these procedures. In the case of lung transplantation, relevant issues include the discrepant mechanical function of the donor lungs and recipient thorax, the effects of surgical denervation, acute and chronic rejection, respiratory, chest wall, and limb muscle function, and response to exercise. For lung volume reduction surgery, there have been new insights into the counterintuitive observation that lung function in severe emphysema can be improved by resecting the most diseased portions of the lungs. For both procedures, insights from physiology have fed back to clinicians to refine patient selection and to scientists to design clinical trials. This section will first provide an overview of the clinical aspects of these procedures, including patient selection, surgical techniques, complications, and outcomes. It then reviews the extensive data on lung and muscle function following transplantation and its complications. Finally, it reviews the insights from the last 15 years on the mechanisms whereby removal of lung from an emphysema patient can improve the function of the lung left behind.
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- Marc Estenne
- Chest Service and Thoracic Transplantation Unit, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
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Habedank D, Ewert R, Hummel M, Dandel M, Habedank F, Knosalla C, Lehmkuhl HB, Anker SD, Hetzer R. The effects of bilateral lung transplantation on ventilatory efficiency, oxygen uptake and the right heart: a two-yr follow-up. Clin Transplant 2011; 25:E38-45. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2010.01318.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Estenne M. Effect of lung transplant and volume reduction surgery on respiratory muscle function. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2009; 107:977-86. [PMID: 19359607 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.91620.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Lung transplantation and lung volume reduction surgery have opened a new therapeutic era for patients with advanced emphysema. In addition to providing impressive clinical benefits, they have helped us better understand how the chest wall and respiratory muscles adapt to chronic hyperinflation. This article reviews the effects of these procedures on respiratory muscle and chest wall function. Inspiratory (including diaphragm) and expiratory muscle strength are often close to normal after unilateral and bilateral transplantation, although some patients have marked weakness. After bilateral transplantation for emphysema, graft volume is normal at full inflation but remains greater than normal at end expiration, which results from structural changes in the chest wall. In contrast, patients with unilateral transplantation have a reduction in graft volume at full inflation. The mediastinum is displaced toward the graft at end expiration, which reduces the surface area of the diaphragm on the transplanted side, and it moves toward the native lung during tidal and full inspiration and toward the graft during tidal and forced expiration. Lung volume reduction produces an increase in contractility, length and surface area of the diaphragm, and increases its contribution to tidal volume; at the same time, neural drive to the muscle and respiratory load are reduced, such that diaphragm neuromechanical coupling is improved. Diaphragm configuration and rib cage dimensions are only minimally affected by the procedure. Single-lung transplantation and lung volume reduction favorably impact on the disadvantageous size interaction by which the lungs are functionally restricted by the chest wall in emphysema.
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- Marc Estenne
- Chest Service, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels School of Medicine, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium.
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Grazzini M, Stendardi L, Gigliotti F, Scano G. Pathophysiology of exercise dyspnea in healthy subjects and in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Respir Med 2005; 99:1403-12. [PMID: 16210095 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In patients with a number of cardio-respiratory disorders, breathlessness is the most common symptom limiting exercise capacity. Increased respiratory effort is frequently the chosen descriptor cluster both in normal subjects and in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) during exercise. The body of evidence indicates that dyspnea may be due to a central perception of an overall increase in central respiratory motor output directed preferentially to the rib cage muscles. On the other hand, the disparity between respiratory motor output and mechanical response of the system is also thought to play an important role in the increased perception of exercise in patients. The expiratory muscles also contribute to exercise dyspnea: a decrease in Borg scores is related to a decrease in end-expiratory lung volume and to a decrease in end-expiratory gastric pressure at isowork after lung volume reduction surgery. Changes in respiratory mechanics and intrathoracic pressure surrounding the heart can reduce cardiac output by affecting the return of blood to the heart from the periphery, or by interfering with the ability of the heart to eject blood into the peripheral circulation. Change in arterial blood gas content may affect breathlessness via direct or indirect effects. Old and more recent data have demonstrated that hypercapnia makes an independent contribution to breathlessness. In hypercapnic COPD patients an increase in PaCO2 seems to be the most important stimulus overriding all other inputs for dyspnea. Hypoxia may act indirectly by increasing ventilation (VE), and directly, independent of change in VE. Finally, chemical (metabolic) ventilatory stimuli do not have a specific effect on breathlessness other than via their stimulation of VE. We conclude that exercise provides a stimulus contributing to dyspnea, which can be applied to many diseases.
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- Michela Grazzini
- Department of Internal Medicine, Respiratory Disease Section, University of Florence, and Fondazione Don C. Gnocchi, IRCCS, Pozzolatico, Florence, Italy
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The act of breathing depends on coordinated activity of the respiratory muscles to generate subatmospheric pressure. This action is compromised by disease states affecting anatomical sites ranging from the cerebral cortex to the alveolar sac. Weakness of the respiratory muscles can dominate the clinical manifestations in the later stages of several primary neurologic and neuromuscular disorders in a manner unique to each disease state. Structural abnormalities of the thoracic cage, such as scoliosis or flail chest, interfere with the action of the respiratory muscles-again in a manner unique to each disease state. The hyperinflation that accompanies diseases of the airways interferes with the ability of the respiratory muscles to generate subatmospheric pressure and it increases the load on the respiratory muscles. Impaired respiratory muscle function is the most severe consequence of several newly described syndromes affecting critically ill patients. Research on the respiratory muscles embraces techniques of molecular biology, integrative physiology, and controlled clinical trials. A detailed understanding of disease states affecting the respiratory muscles is necessary for every physician who practices pulmonary medicine or critical care medicine.
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- Franco Laghi
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, 111 N. 5th Avenue and Roosevelt Road, Hines, IL 60141, USA.
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Flaherty KR, Wald J, Weisman IM, Zeballos RJ, Schork MA, Blaivas M, Rubenfire M, Martinez FJ. Unexplained exertional limitation: characterization of patients with a mitochondrial myopathy. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001; 164:425-32. [PMID: 11500344 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.164.3.2005110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Exercise intolerance is a common complaint, the cause of which often remains elusive after a comprehensive evaluation. In this report, we describe 28 patients with unexplained dyspnea or exertional limitation secondary to biopsy-proven mitochondrial myopathies. Patients were prospectively identified from a multidisciplinary dyspnea clinic at a tertiary referral center. All patients were without underlying pulmonary, cardiac, or other neuromuscular disorders. Patients underwent history, physical examination, complete pulmonary function testing, respiratory muscle testing, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, and muscle biopsy. Results were compared with a group of normal control subjects. The estimated period prevalence was 8.5% (28 of 331). Spirometry, lung volumes, and gas exchange were normal in patients and control subjects. Compared with control subjects, the patient group demonstrated decreased exercise capacity (maximum achieved V O(2) 67 versus 104% predicted; p < 0.0001) and respiratory muscle weakness (PI(max) 77 versus 115% predicted; p = 0.001). These patients have a characteristic exercise response that was hyperventilatory (peak VE/V CO(2); 55 versus 42) and hypercirculatory (maximum heart rate - baseline heart rate/V O(2)max - baseline V O(2)max; 91 versus 41) compared to control subjects. Patients stopping exercise due to dyspnea (n = 16) (as compared with muscle fatigue, n = 11) displayed weaker respiratory muscles (Pdi(max) 61 versus 115 cm H(2)O; p = 0.01) and were more likely to reach mechanical ventilatory limitation (V Emax/ MVV 0.81 versus 0.58; p = 0.02). The sensation of dyspnea was related to indices of respiratory muscle function including respiratory rate and inspiratory flow. We conclude that mitochondrial myopathies are more prevalent than previously reported. The characteristic physiological profile may be useful in the diagnostic evaluation of mitochondrial myopathy.
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- K R Flaherty
- Dyspnea and Pulmonary Hypertension Clinics, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Villaran Y, Sekela ME, Burki NK. Maximal expiratory flow patterns after single-lung transplantation in patients with and without chronic airways obstruction. Chest 2001; 119:163-8. [PMID: 11157599 DOI: 10.1378/chest.119.1.163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND A biphasic-plateau pattern in the maximal expiratory flow-volume (MEFV) curve has been described after single-lung transplantation (SLT) in patients with chronic airways obstruction (CAO). It has been theorized that this pattern is either related to stenosis at the anastomotic or subanastomotic site, or the sum of the airflow contribution from the native lung with airways obstruction and transplanted lung. SUBJECTS AND METHODS We analyzed data in 16 patients with CAO who had undergone transplantations (5 men, 11 women; mean age [+/- SD], 53.8 +/- 4.9 years), and 9 patients with pulmonary vascular disease (PVD) without airways obstruction who had undergone transplantations (2 men, 7 women; mean age, 35.4 +/- 11.4 years). RESULTS In the patients with PVD, there were no significant changes in static or dynamic lung volumes or in the MEFV curve after SLT. In the patients with CAO, indexes of airways obstruction improved significantly after SLT, and the typical biphasic-plateau pattern developed in the MEFV curve. In one patient with CAO who required pneumonectomy of the native lung after SLT, the biphasic pattern was absent. CONCLUSIONS These results support the view that this MEFV pattern is a result of airflow from the native and transplanted lungs in patients with CAO. In addition, the results show that in patients with no prior airways obstruction, SLT does not alter static or dynamic lung volumes or maximal expiratory flow rate.
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- Y Villaran
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY 40536-0298, USA
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Murciano D, Ferretti A, Boczkowski J, Sleiman C, Fournier M, Milic-Emili J. Flow limitation and dynamic hyperinflation during exercise in COPD patients after single lung transplantation. Chest 2000; 118:1248-54. [PMID: 11083671 DOI: 10.1378/chest.118.5.1248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVE Using the negative expiratory pressure (NEP) method, we have previously shown that patients receiving single lung transplantation (SLT) for COPD do not exhibit expiratory flow limitation and have little dyspnea at rest. In the present study, we assessed whether SLT patients exhibit flow limitation, overall hyperinflation, and dyspnea during exercise. METHODS Expiratory flow limitation assessed by the NEP method and inspiratory capacity maneuvers used to determine end-expiratory lung volume (EELV) and end-inspiratory lung volume (EILV) were performed at rest and during symptom-limited incremental cycle exercise in eight SLT patients. RESULTS At the time of the study, the mean (+/- SD) FEV(1), FVC, functional residual capacity, and total lung capacity (TLC) amounted to 55 +/- 14%, 67 +/- 12%, 137 +/- 16%, and 110 +/- 11% of predicted, respectively. At rest, all patients did not experience expiratory flow limitation and were without dyspnea. At peak exercise, the maximal mechanical power output and maximal oxygen consumption amounted to 72 +/- 20% and 65 +/- 8% of predicted, respectively, with a maximal dyspnea Borg score of 6 +/- 3. All but one patient exhibited flow limitation and dynamic hyperinflation; the EELV and EILV amounted to 74 +/- 5% and 95 +/- 9% TLC, respectively. The patient who did not exhibit flow limitation during exercise had the lowest dyspnea score. CONCLUSION Most SLT patients for COPD exhibit expiratory flow limitation and dynamic hyperinflation during exercise, whereas maximal dyspnea is variable.
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- D Murciano
- INSERM U408, Service de Pneumologie, Hopital Beaujon, Clichy, France.
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This review examines emerging technologies that are of potential use in the routine clinical pulmonary laboratory. These technologies include the following: the measurement of exercise tidal flow-volume (FV) loops plotted within the maximal FV envelope for assessment of ventilatory constraint during exercise; the use of negative expiratory pressures to asses expiratory flow limitation in various populations and under various conditions; the potential use of expired nitric oxide for assessing airway inflammation; and the use of forced oscillation for assessment of airway resistance. These methodologies have been used extensively in the research setting and are gaining increasing popularity and clinical application due to the availability of commercially available, simplified, and automated systems. An overview of each technique, its potential advantages and limitations will be discussed, along with suggestions for further investigation that is considered necessary prior to extensive clinical use.
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- B D Johnson
- Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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Johnson BD, Weisman IM, Zeballos RJ, Beck KC. Emerging concepts in the evaluation of ventilatory limitation during exercise: the exercise tidal flow-volume loop. Chest 1999; 116:488-503. [PMID: 10453881 DOI: 10.1378/chest.116.2.488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 255] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Traditionally, ventilatory limitation (constraint) during exercise has been determined by measuring the ventilatory reserve or how close the minute ventilation (VE) achieved during exercise (i.e., ventilatory demand) approaches the maximal voluntary ventilation (MVV) or some estimate of the MVV (i.e., ventilatory capacity). More recently, it has become clear that rarely is the MVV breathing pattern adopted during exercise and that the VE/MVV relationship tells little about the specific reason(s) for ventilatory constraint. Although it is not a new concept, by measuring the tidal exercise flow-volume (FV) loops (extFVLs) obtained during exercise and plotting them according to a measured end-expiratory lung volume (EELV) within the maximal FV envelope (MFVL), more specific information is provided on the sources (and degree) of ventilatory constraint. This includes the extent of expiratory flow limitation, inspiratory flow reserve, alterations in the regulation of EELV (dynamic hyperinflation), end-inspiratory lung volume relative to total lung capacity (or tidal volume/inspiratory capacity), and a proposed estimate of ventilatory capacity based on the shape of the MFVL and the breathing pattern adopted during exercise. By assessing these types of changes, the degree of ventilatory constraint can be quantified and a more thorough interpretation of the cardiopulmonary exercise response is possible. This review will focus on the potential role of plotting the extFVL within the MFVL for determination of ventilatory constraint during exercise in the clinical setting. Important physiologic concepts, measurements, and limitations obtained from this type of analysis will be defined and discussed.
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- B D Johnson
- Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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- N M Siafakas
- Department of Thoracic Medicine, 71110 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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Williams TJ, Snell GI. Early and long-term functional outcomes in unilateral, bilateral, and living-related transplant recipients. Clin Chest Med 1997; 18:245-57. [PMID: 9187819 DOI: 10.1016/s0272-5231(05)70376-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Lung transplantation offers the possibility of improved quality of life and survival in patients with severe pulmonary and pulmonary vascular disease. Since the first human lung allotransplantation in 1963, survival has moved from hours or days into the present era of long-term (years) survival in many recipients. Measurement of outcome has now extended to measurement of exercise capacity and quality of life. A substantial improvement in quality of life is seen; however, exercise capacity remains moderately impaired in spite of the return (in many) of near normal cardiopulmonary function, suggesting peripheral limitation to exercise. Recently, fiber type changes and abnormal oxidative metabolism have been shown in the skeletal muscle of stable lung transplant recipients. This suggests a persistence of a pretransplant skeletal muscle injury and/ or the effects of post-transplant immunosuppression (particularly Cyclosporin A and corticosteroids).
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- T J Williams
- Lung Transplant Service (Medical), Alfred Hospital, Victoria, Australia
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