Assessment of Extensive Airway Obstruction Using Point-by-Point Lateral Pressure Measurements during Bronchoscopy-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Assessment of Extensive Airway Obstruction Using Point-by-Point Lateral Pressure Measurements during Bronchoscopy

Published:2021 Issue:7 Volume:100 Page:611-617
ISSN:0025-7931
Container-title:Respiration
language:en
Short-container-title:Respiration

Author:

Nishine Hiroki,Hiramoto Takehiko,Handa Hiroshi,Inoue Takeo,Wakahara Keiko,Saka Hideo,Miyazawa Teruomi,Mineshita Masamichi

Abstract

Background: The positioning of the stent at the flow-limiting segment is crucial for patients with extensive airway obstruction to relieve dyspnea. However, CT and flow-volume curves cannot detect the area of maximal obstruction. Objectives: The aim of this study is to physiologically evaluate extensive airway obstruction during interventional bronchoscopy. Methods: We prospectively measured point-by-point lateral airway pressure (Plat) at multiple points from the lower lobe bronchus to the upper trachea using a double-lumen catheter in 5 patients. The site of maximal obstruction was evaluated continuously to measure point-by-point Plat at multiple points when the airway catheter was withdrawn from the lower lobe bronchus to the upper trachea. Results: Remarkable pressure differences occurred at the site of maximal obstruction assessed by point-by-point Plat measurements. After initial stenting in 1 case, migration of the maximal obstruction to a nonstented segment of the weakened airway was seen with extensive stenosis from the trachea to the bronchi. In the second case, in addition to radiological analysis, point-by-point Plat measurements could identify the location of the maximal obstruction which contributed to dyspnea. Conclusions: Point-by-point Plat measurement could be used to detect the site of maximal obstruction physiologically. Furthermore, Plat measurement could assess the need for additional procedures in real time in patients with extensive airway obstruction.

Publisher

S. Karger AG

Subject

Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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