| Ambulatory oximetry monitoring in patients with severe COPD: a preliminary study. | |
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PMID: 10453857 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: The benefits of long-term oxygen supplementation in COPD patients with hypoxemia are well established. The standard approach to prescribing oxygen uses a static assessment of oxygen requirements in a hospital or clinic setting. The assumption behind this approach is that patients will maintain a "therapeutic" hemoglobin oxygen saturation (SpO2) in the outpatient setting. We questioned the validity of this assumption, and hypothesized that many patients may demonstrate significant oxygen desaturation during normal activities of daily living. STUDY DESIGN, METHODS, AND MEASUREMENTS: We determined if oxygen supplementation maintained a therapeutic SpO2 level in patients with COPD (n = 27), using the technique of ambulatory oximetry monitoring (AOM). AOM consisted of using a portable oximeter to monitor SpO2, pulse rate, and patient activity while patients were engaged in normal activities of daily living over an extended time period (approximately 18 h). The portable oximeter collected and stored these data every 15 s over the monitored time period. Each AOM recording was manually scored for desaturation events and other key variables, including average SpO2 over the monitoring period, the average number of desaturation events per hour, and the percentage of monitored time deleted secondary to artifacts. SETTING: University-affiliated Veterans Affairs Medical Center. PATIENTS: All subjects were patients with stable COPD with no recent history of hospitalization or exacerbation of their lung disease. RESULTS: This cohort of patients demonstrated a surprising frequency of desaturation below the recommended target SpO2 value (90%), which averaged approximately 25% of AOM recording time. There was wide variability among patients in the percentage of time SpO2 was below the target value (range, 3 to 67% of AOM recording time). Motion artifact on the AOM recordings was not a major problem; an average of 8% of the recording time was deleted secondary to artifacts in this patient cohort. CONCLUSIONS: The results demonstrate that AOM is feasible and accurate with an acceptable level of motion artifact. These results also suggest that the standard approach for prescribing oxygen may lead to subtherapeutic SpO2 values in the outpatient setting. AOM holds promise as a tool to monitor the adequacy of oxygen prescriptions in the outpatient setting in patients with lung disease. |
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Authors:
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J Pilling; M Cutaia |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Chest Volume: 116 ISSN: 0012-3692 ISO Abbreviation: Chest Publication Date: 1999 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1999-09-02 Completed Date: 1999-09-02 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0231335 Medline TA: Chest Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 314-21 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Affiliation:
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Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI, USA. |
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Activities of Daily Living Aged Feasibility Studies Humans Lung Diseases, Obstructive / blood*, therapy Monitoring, Ambulatory / methods* Oximetry / methods* Oxygen / blood*, therapeutic use Oxygen Inhalation Therapy Treatment Outcome |
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Reg. No./Substance:
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7782-44-7/Oxygen |
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