• Pulmonary medicine · Jan 2012

    Do we need exercise tests to detect gas exchange impairment in fibrotic idiopathic interstitial pneumonias?

    • Benoit Wallaert, Lidwine Wemeau-Stervinou, Julia Salleron, Isabelle Tillie-Leblond, and Thierry Perez.
    • Clinique des Maladies Respiratoires, Centre de Compétence des Maladies Pulmonaires Rares, Hopital Calmette, Lille 2 University Boulevard Leclercq, CHRU, 59037 Lille, France.
    • Pulm Med. 2012 Jan 1;2012:657180.

    AbstractIn patients with fibrotic idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (f-IIP), the diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO) has been used to predict abnormal gas exchange in the lung. However, abnormal values for arterial blood gases during exercise are likely to be the most sensitive manifestations of lung disease. The aim of this study was to compare DLCO, resting PaO(2), P(A-a)O(2) at cardiopulmonary exercise testing peak, and oxygen desaturation during a 6-min walk test (6MWT). Results were obtained in 121 patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF, n = 88) and fibrotic nonspecific interstitial pneumonias (NSIP, n = 33). All but 3 patients (97.5%) had low DLCO values (35 mmHg) and 100 (83%) demonstrated significant oxygen desaturation during 6MWT (>4%). Interestingly 27 patients had low DLCO and normal P(A-a)O(2), peak and/or no desaturation during the 6MWT. The 3 patients with normal DLCO also had normal PaO(2), normal P(A-a)O(2), peak, and normal oxygen saturation during 6MWT. Our results demonstrate that in fibrotic IIP, DLCO better defines impairment of pulmonary gas exchange than resting PaO(2), exercise P(A-a)O(2), peak, or 6MWT SpO(2).

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