Journal
PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY
Volume 56, Issue 5, Pages 1165-1172Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.25186
Keywords
lung clearance index; pulmonary function test; sickle cell disease
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- Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation [DAVIS08Y2]
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The lung clearance index (LCI) derived from the multiple breath washout test (MBW) did not differentiate sickle cell disease (SCD) from healthy controls in children between the ages of 6 and 18 years. Total lung capacity (TLC) may be a more important pulmonary function measure to follow longitudinally in the pediatric SCD population, as it showed significant differences between healthy controls and SCD participants.
Introduction The lung clearance index (LCI) derived from the multiple breath washout test (MBW), is both feasible and sensitive to early lung disease detection in young children with cystic fibrosis and asthma. The utility of LCI has not been studied in children with sickle cell disease (SCD). We hypothesized that children with SCD, with or without asthma or airway hyperreactivity (AHR), would have an elevated LCI compared to healthy controls. Methods Children with SCD from a single center between the ages of 6 and 18 years were studied at baseline health and completed MBW, spirometry, plethysmography and blood was drawn for serum markers. Results were compared to healthy controls of similar race, age, and gender. Results Healthy controls (n = 35) had a significantly higher daytime oxygen saturation level, weight and body mass index but not height compared to participants with SCD (n = 34). Total lung capacity (TLC) z-scores were significantly higher in the healthy controls compared to those with SCD (0.87 [1.13] vs. 0.02 [1.27]; p = .005) while differences in forced expiratory volume in 1 s z-scores approached significance (0.26 [0.97] vs. -0.22 [1.09]; p = .055). There was no significant difference in LCI between the healthy controls compared to participants with SCD (7.29 [0.72] vs. 7.40 [0.69]; p = .514). Conclusion LCI did not differentiate SCD from healthy controls in children between the ages of 6 and 18 years at baseline health. TLC may be an important pulmonary function measure to follow longitudinally in the pediatric SCD population.
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