Validation of a Noninvasive Assessment of Pulmonary Gas Exchange During Exercise in Hypoxia

Copyright © 2020 American College of Chest Physicians. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved..

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary gas exchange efficiency, determined by the alveolar-to-arterial Po2 difference (A-aDo2), progressively worsens during exercise at sea-level; this response is further elevated during exercise in hypoxia. Traditionally, pulmonary gas exchange efficiency is assessed through measurements of ventilation and end-tidal gases paired with direct arterial blood gas (ABG) sampling. Because these measures have a number of caveats, particularly invasive blood sampling, the development of new approaches for the noninvasive assessment of pulmonary gas exchange is needed.

RESEARCH QUESTION: Is a noninvasive method of assessing pulmonary gas exchange valid during rest and exercise in acute hypoxia?.

STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Twenty-five healthy participants (10 female) completed a staged maximal exercise test on a cycle ergometer in a hypoxic chamber (Fio2 = 0.11). Simultaneous ABGs via a radial arterial catheter and noninvasive gas-exchange measurements (AGM100) were obtained in 2-minute intervals. Noninvasive gas exchange, termed the O2 deficit, was calculated from the difference between the end-tidal and the calculated Pao2 (via pulse oximetry and corrected for the Bohr effect by using the end-tidal Pco2). Noninvasive O2 deficit was compared with the traditional alveolar to arterial oxygen difference (A-aDo2), using the traditional Riley analysis.

RESULTS: Under conditions of rest at room air, hypoxic rest, and hypoxic exercise, strong correlations between the calculated gPao2 and directly measured Pao2 (R2 = 0.97; P < .001; mean bias = 1.70 mm Hg) were observed. At hypoxic rest and exercise, strong relationships between the estimated and directly measured Pao2 (R2 = 0.68; P < .001; mean bias = 1.01 mm Hg) and O2 deficit with the traditional A-aDo2 (R2 = 0.70; P < .001; mean bias = 5.24 mm Hg) remained.

INTERPRETATIONS: Our findings support the use of a noninvasive measure of gas exchange during acute hypoxic exercise in heathy humans. Further studies are required to determine whether this approach can be used clinically as a tool during normoxic exercise in patients with preexisting impairments in gas exchange efficiency.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:158

Enthalten in:

Chest - 158(2020), 4 vom: 20. Okt., Seite 1644-1650

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Howe, Connor A [VerfasserIn]
MacLeod, David B [VerfasserIn]
Wainman, Liisa [VerfasserIn]
Oliver, Samuel J [VerfasserIn]
Ainslie, Philip N [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Exercise
Hypoxia
Journal Article
Noninvasive
Pulmonary gas exchange
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Validation
Validation Study

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Date Completed 03.06.2021

Date Revised 03.06.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.chest.2020.04.017

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM309279097