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Copyright © 2022 by the American Thoracic Society.Rationale: Lung clearance index (LCI) has good intravisit repeatability with better sensitivity in detecting lung disease on computed tomography scan compared with forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) in adults with bronchiectasis. Alternative multiple-breath washout parameters have not been systematically studied in bronchiectasis. Objectives: To determine the validity, repeatability, sensitivity, specificity, and feasibility of standard LCI (LCI2.5), shortened LCI (LCI5.0), ventilation heterogeneity arising within proximal conducting airways (ScondVT), and ventilation heterogeneity arising within the acinar airways (SacinVT) in a cross-sectional observational cohort of adults with bronchiectasis. Methods: Cross-sectional multiple-breath nitrogen washout data (Exhalyzer D; Eco Medics AG) from 132 patients with bronchiectasis across five United Kingdom centers (BronchUK Clinimetrics study) and 88 healthy control subjects were analyzed. Results: Within-test repeatability (mean coefficient of variation) was,5% for both LCI2.5 and LCI5.0 in patients with bronchiectasis, and there was no difference in mean coefficient of variation for LCI2.5 and LCI5.0 in patients with bronchiectasis compared with healthy volunteers. Moderate-strength correlations were seen between FEV1 and LCI2.5 (r = 20.54), LCI5.0 (r = 20.53), ScondVT (r = 20.35), and SacinVT (r = 20.38) z-scores. The proportion of subjects with abnormal multiple-breath washout (z-score . 2) but in normal FEV1 (z-score, 22) was 42% (LCI2.5) and 36% (LCI5.0). Overall results from the receiver operating characteristic curve analysis indicated that LCI2.5 had the greatest combined sensitivity and specificity to discriminate between bronchiectasis and control subjects, followed by LCI5.0, FEV1, and ScondVT z-scores. There was a 57% time saving with LCI5.0. Conclusions: LCI2.5 and LCI5.0 had good within-test repeatability and superior sensitivity compared with spirometry measures in differentiating between health and bronchiectasis disease. LCI5.0 is quicker and more feasible than LCI2.5
Author(s): O'Neill K, Lakshmipathy GR, Neely C, Cosgrove D, Ferguson K, McLeese R, Hill AT, Loebinger MR, Carroll M, Chalmers JD, Gatheral T, Johnson C, De Soyza A, Hurst JR, Bradbury I, Elborn JS, Bradley JM
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Annals of the American Thoracic Society
Year: 2022
Volume: 19
Issue: 9
Pages: 1489-1497
Online publication date: 01/09/2022
Acceptance date: 22/04/2022
ISSN (print): 2329-6933
ISSN (electronic): 2325-6621
Publisher: American Thoracic Society
URL: https://doi.org/10.1513/AnnalsATS.202006-584OC
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202006-584OC
PubMed id: 35451922
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