• Respiratory medicine · Feb 1999

    Sleep quality, carbon dioxide responsiveness and hypoxaemic patterns in nocturnal hypoxaemia due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) without daytime hypoxaemia.

    • K Sandek, T Andersson, T Bratel, G Hellström, and L Lagerstrand.
    • Department of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden.
    • Respir Med. 1999 Feb 1; 93 (2): 79-87.

    AbstractIn order to clarify whether nocturnal hypoxaemia (arterial oxygen saturation, SaO2 < 90%) may exist in the long-term before daytime hypoxaemia (PaO2 < 8.0 kPa) occurs in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), 21 patients with stable severe COPD without daytime hypoxaemia (PaO2 > or = 8.0 kPa) were studied prospectively. Subjects were monitored twice by polysomnography (PSG) 12 months apart. Spirometry was performed, and diffusion capacity (DLCO) and hypercapnic respiratory drive response delta PI0.1 delta PCO2(-1)) were measured during the daytime in conjunction with polysomnography. At the start of the study our subjects had FEV1 %P (FEV1 as a percentage of predicted value) of 26.1 +/- 7.2%, a mean nocturnal nadir SaO2 of 83 +/- 5%, and a mean SaO2 during nocturnal hypoxaemic episodes of 88.0 +/- 0.7%. The patients' delta PI0.1 delta PCO2(-1) was 1.8 +/- 1.4 cm H2O kPa-1 (within the normal range). For the entire study group, no significant change in any lung function or blood gas parameter was noted during the year of observation, and nocturnal SaO2 remained unaltered. Stage I sleep decreased (P < 0.05) after 12 months. Prolonged stage I sleep was associated with nocturnal hypoxaemia at the second PSG. Five subjects developed daytime hypoxaemia and they showed poorer lung function but similar nocturnal hypoxaemia and delta PI0.1 delta PCO2(-1) level compared to the rest of the patients. Patients with sudden SaO2 dips had more pronounced nocturnal hypoxaemia and prolonged wakefulness than 'non-dippers'. In conclusion, the mean level of nocturnal hypoxaemia may persist unaltered for at least 1 yr. COPD patients with exclusively nocturnal hypoxaemia have a hypercapnic drive response within the normal range. Prolonged nocturnal hypoxaemia and reduced whole night oxygenation are associated with increased superficial sleep. Sleep fragmentation and high carbon dioxide sensitivity may be important defence mechanisms against sleep-related hypoxaemia. The appearance of daytime hypoxaemia is preceded by a substantial deterioration in lung function, but by only a minor deterioration of nocturnal hypoxaemia.

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