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Regional mucociliary clearance in patients with cystic fibrosis.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11010597     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This paper reports on a large retrospective analysis of mucociliary clearance (MCC) studies in a group of 59 patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) and 17 age-matched healthy subjects. As many of the CF patients were studied on multiple occasions, a total of 184 patient studies are presented. MCC was measured using a radioaerosol and gamma camera technique. In addition to whole lung clearance, MCC was measured from the central, intermediate, peripheral, basal, mid and apical regions of the lung. MCC was markedly decreased in the CF patient group. Not only was whole lung clearance (14.2 +/- 1.4% vs. 28.0 +/- 3.7%) impaired, but also clearance from the central (19.1 +/- 1.9% vs. 35.6 +/- 4.3%), intermediate (10.7 +/- 1.6% vs. 25.5 +/- 3.7%), apical (12.4 +/- 2.6% vs. 31.6 +/- 4.6%) and mid (14.0 +/- 1.9% vs. 30.4 +/- 4.0%) regions. Attempts were made to identify factors that may have influenced MCC in both the normal subjects and CF patients. Age, gender, body mass index, patient genotype, penetration index, spontaneous cough, and various lung function parameters were entered into a stepwise multiple regression model, but none of the factors proved to be statistically important in determining MCC. Both intrasubject repeatability and intersubject variability estimates are presented for the patients and normal subjects that had multiple studies. The values were found to be remarkably similar for both CF patients and normal subjects and for both intra- and intersubject repeatability. With marked deviation from normal ranges and good repeatability, the measurement of MCC in CF patients would seem to be a valuable outcome measure for clinical trials involving new pharmaceuticals and physical therapy designed to improve removal of secretions from the airways.
Authors:
M Robinson; S Eberl; C Tomlinson; E Daviskas; J A Regnis; D L Bailey; P J Torzillo; M Menache; P T Bye
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of aerosol medicine : the official journal of the International Society for Aerosols in Medicine     Volume:  13     ISSN:  0894-2684     ISO Abbreviation:  J Aerosol Med     Publication Date:  2000  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2000-09-21     Completed Date:  2000-09-21     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8809251     Medline TA:  J Aerosol Med     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  73-86     Citation Subset:  T    
Affiliation:
Respiratory Investigation Unit, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia. mr@mail.med.usyd.edu.au
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adult
Aerosols / diagnostic use
Analysis of Variance
Case-Control Studies
Cystic Fibrosis / physiopathology*,  radionuclide imaging
Female
Gamma Cameras
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Male
Mucociliary Clearance / physiology*
Regression Analysis
Reproducibility of Results
Respiratory Function Tests
Retrospective Studies
Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid / diagnostic use
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Aerosols; 0/Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid

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