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. 2021 May;56(5):1165-1172.
doi: 10.1002/ppul.25186. Epub 2020 Dec 14.

Lung clearance index in children with sickle cell disease

Evans M Machogu  1 , Monica Khurana  2 , Jennifer Kaericher  2 , Charles C Clem  1 , James E Slaven  3 , Joseph E Hatch  1 , Stephanie D Davis  1   4 , Stacey Peterson-Carmichael  1   5
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Lung clearance index in children with sickle cell disease

Evans M Machogu et al. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2021 May.
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Abstract

Introduction: The lung clearance index (LCI) derived from the multiple breath washout test (MBW), is both feasible and sensitive to early lung disease detection in young children with cystic fibrosis and asthma. The utility of LCI has not been studied in children with sickle cell disease (SCD). We hypothesized that children with SCD, with or without asthma or airway hyperreactivity (AHR), would have an elevated LCI compared to healthy controls.

Methods: Children with SCD from a single center between the ages of 6 and 18 years were studied at baseline health and completed MBW, spirometry, plethysmography and blood was drawn for serum markers. Results were compared to healthy controls of similar race, age, and gender.

Results: Healthy controls (n = 35) had a significantly higher daytime oxygen saturation level, weight and body mass index but not height compared to participants with SCD (n = 34). Total lung capacity (TLC) z-scores were significantly higher in the healthy controls compared to those with SCD (0.87 [1.13] vs. 0.02 [1.27]; p = .005) while differences in forced expiratory volume in 1 s z-scores approached significance (0.26 [0.97] vs. -0.22 [1.09]; p = .055). There was no significant difference in LCI between the healthy controls compared to participants with SCD (7.29 [0.72] vs. 7.40 [0.69]; p = .514).

Conclusion: LCI did not differentiate SCD from healthy controls in children between the ages of 6 and 18 years at baseline health. TLC may be an important pulmonary function measure to follow longitudinally in the pediatric SCD population.

Keywords: lung clearance index; pulmonary function test; sickle cell disease.

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