Hanta I, Kocabas A, Olgunus O, Satar S, Seydaoglu G. Does the expired-air carbon monoxide level reflect the severity of inflammation in COPD?
BRATISL MED J 2007;
108:255-258. [PMID:
17972536]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVES
The aim of this study is to evaluate the expired-air carbon monoxide level which relates to the severity of inflammation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
DESIGN
Cross sectional study.
SETTING
Cukurova University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Chest Disease, Out-patient clinic.
PATIENTS
The characteristics of patients enrolled in this study were following; 20 ex-smokers with stable COPD (mean age: 68.8 +/- 7.2 years, FEV1: 45.6 +/- 16.6% of predicted), 22 current smokers with stable COPD (mean age: 58.7 +/- 8.2 years, FEVI: 57.5 +/- 20.9% of predicted), 20 healthy smokers (mean age: 55.916.0 years, FEVI: 86.7 +/- 14.2% of predicted), and 20 healthy non-smokers (mean age: 60.8 +/- 9.2 years, FEV1: 95.3 +/- 13.5% of predicted).
INTERVENTION
CO level was measured in expired-air. MEAAUREMENT AND RESULTS: The measurement of expired-air CO level was measured by DisCOver, carbon monoxide analyser. It is known that the level of expired-air carbon monoxide in healthy smokers (11.8 +/- 6.4 ppm) and in current smokers with COPD (11.1 +/- 7.4 ppm) is higher than in healthy non-smokers (1.7:0.7 ppm) and in ex-smokers with COPD (2.0 +/- 1.8 ppm) (p = 0.0001).
CONCLUSION
We assumed that the level of expired-air carbon monoxide may not useful in assessing the severity of inflammation in COPD (Tab. 1, Fig. 2, Ref. 23).
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