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Chinese Journal of Lung Diseases(Electronic Edition) ›› 2020, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (01): 23-27. doi: 10.3877/cma.j.issn.1674-6902.2020.01.005

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Pulmonary functions and imaging features of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease combined with mild carbon dioxide retention

Xia Wei1,(), Nan Yu2, Jiuyun Mi3, Jingting Ren3, Qi Ding3, Yanzhong Gao4, Min Qi5, Youmin Guo6   

  1. 1. Department of Medicine, Ninth People′s Hospital, Xi′an 710054, China; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Affiliated Hospital, Xi′an Jiaotong University, Xi′an 710061, China
    2. Department of Imaging, Shaanxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xi′an 712046, China
    3. Department of Medicine, Ninth People′s Hospital, Xi′an 710054, China
    4. Department of Imaging, Ninth People′s Hospital, Xi′an 710054, China
    5. Department of Imaging, Shaanxi People′s Hospital, Xi′an 710068, China
    6. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Affiliated Hospital, Xi′an Jiaotong University, Xi′an 710061, China
  • Received:2019-08-12 Online:2020-02-25 Published:2021-07-20
  • Contact: Xia Wei

Abstract:

Objective

To investigate the pulmonary functions and imaging features of the patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) combined with mild carbon dioxide (CO2) retention in order to provide evidences for monitoring and treatment of this disease.

Methods

A total of 147 patients with acute exacerbation of COPD were included for this study. Sixty-one patients with the arterial carbon dioxide tension (PaCO2) of 40-44.9 mm Hg were taken as the no-CO2 retention group, 48 patients with PaCO2 of 45-50 mmHg were taken as the mild CO2 retention group, and 38 cases with PaCO2 of more than 50 mmHg were taken as the respiratory failure group. The differences of the pulmonary functions and volume CT were compared between the three groups.

Results

In the mild CO2 retention group, the pulmonary function parameters such as the percentage of predicted forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1%pred), CT value corresponding to the 15th percentile of lung density distribution (PD15) and the mean emphysema density (MED) were significantly different from those of the respiratory failure group (P<0.05). Spearman correlation analysis showed that PaCO2 had a moderate negative correlation with FEV1%pred and the percentage of predicted forced vital capacity (FVC%pred, r=-0.536 and -0.576, respectively, P<0.001) and a weak negative correlation with PD15 of the whole lungs (r=-0.325, P=0.002) and the MED of the whole lungs (r=-0.333, P=0.002).

Conclusion

The structure and functional characteristics of the COPD patients with mild CO2 retention are similar to the COPD patients with no CO2 retention. The COPD patients with PaCO2>50 mmHg suffer from more severe pathological and pulmonary function damage. In the progression of mild CO2 retention to type Ⅱ respiratory failure, the pulmonary function parameters combined with PD15 and MED may better reflect the disease.

Key words: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Carbon dioxide retention, Pulmonary function test, CT imaging

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