• Indian J Med Res · Jul 2024

    Covert airflow obstruction dominates the overt ones in interstitial lung disease: An appraisal.

    • Parthasarathi Bhattacharyya, Sayanti Karmakar, Sayoni Sengupta, Mintu Paul, Avishek Kar, Debkanya Dey, Shuvam Ghosh, and Srijita Sen.
    • Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Institute of Pulmocare & Research (IPCR), Kolkata, India.
    • Indian J Med Res. 2024 Jul 1; 160 (1): 707770-77.

    AbstractBackground & objectives The co-presence of non-emphysematous airflow obstruction in interstitial Lung disease (ILD) is not elaborated. The present study aims the job with spirometry. Methods ILD affected individuals with or without airflow obstruction (FEV1/FVC<0.7 or >0.7) on spirometry were compared in terms of FEV1 and FEF25-75 derived variables [FEF25-75 (%-predicted), FEV1-FEF25-75 distance, reversibility of FEV1 and FEF25-75 to salbutamol and change in FEV1 and FEF25-75 in %-predicted values]. Those showing significant difference (P=0.0001) suggesting obstruction were selected to draw respective receiver operating curve (ROC) curves to identify the best cut-off value for individual parameters. The efficacy of each surrogate was tested to identify airflow obstruction in both the initial 'overlap' as well as the 'unmixed' ILD affected individual for the presence of airflow obstruction. Results FEV1/FVC identified 30 overlap from 235 ILDs. The FEF25-75 (%-predicted), FEV1-FEF25-75 distance, FEF25-75 reversibility (in ml) and FEV1 (%-predicted) were significantly (P<0.0001) different between the two groups. Of these, the FEF25-75 (%-predicted) had high specificity and sensitivity (93.33 and 79.47%) to identify airflow limitation in the initial unmixed ILD-group. The surrogates with their cut off values identified 92 extra individuals making it 122/235 (51.91%) of ILD having airflow obstruction. The 'unmixed' group showed higher frequency and degree of FEV1 reversibility. Interpretation & conclusions The findings of this study suggest that the airflow obstruction in ILD involves both the intrathoracic large and small airways. Although seemingly parallel, their relative status (qualitative and quantitative) needs research especially in light of the a etio pathology and the extent of involvement of ILD.

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