STUDY OBJECTIVES: We tested the hypothesis that breathing 100% oxygen could result in selective pulmonary vasodilatation in patients with pulmonary hypertension, including those patients who would not meet current Health Care Finance Administration guidelines for long-term oxygen therapy. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS: From 1996 to 1999, 23 adult patients (mean +/- SEM age, 51 +/- 4 years) with pulmonary arterial hypertension without left-heart failure underwent cardiac catheterization in a university teaching hospital while breathing air and then 100% oxygen. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS: Treatment with 100% oxygen increased arterial oxygen saturation (91 +/- 1% to 99 +/- 0.1%, p < 0.05) and PaO(2) (64 +/- 3 to 309 +/- 28 mm Hg, p < 0.05). Treatment with 100% oxygen also decreased mean pulmonary artery pressure (56 +/- 3 to 53 +/- 2 mm Hg, p < 0.05) and increased cardiac index (2.1 +/- 0.1 to 2.5 +/- 0.2 L/min/m(2), p < 0.05). Calculated mean pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) decreased from 14.1 +/- 1.4 to 10.6 +/- 1.0 Wood units (p < 0.05). Vasodilatation with 100% oxygen occurred preferentially in the pulmonary circulation (PVR/systemic vascular resistance, 0.53 +/- 0.04 to 0.48 +/- 0.03; p < 0.05). The magnitude of the PVR response to oxygen therapy was correlated only with decreasing patient age (r = 0.45, p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Treatment with 100% oxygen is a selective pulmonary vasodilator in patients with pulmonary hypertension, regardless of primary diagnosis, baseline oxygenation, or right ventricular function. Development of disease-specific oxygen prescription guidelines warrants consideration.
STUDY OBJECTIVES: We tested the hypothesis that breathing 100% oxygen could result in selective pulmonary vasodilatation in patients with pulmonary hypertension, including those patients who would not meet current Health Care Finance Administration guidelines for long-term oxygen therapy. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS: From 1996 to 1999, 23 adult patients (mean +/- SEM age, 51 +/- 4 years) with pulmonary arterial hypertension without left-heart failure underwent cardiac catheterization in a university teaching hospital while breathing air and then 100% oxygen. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS: Treatment with 100% oxygen increased arterial oxygen saturation (91 +/- 1% to 99 +/- 0.1%, p < 0.05) and PaO(2) (64 +/- 3 to 309 +/- 28 mm Hg, p < 0.05). Treatment with 100% oxygen also decreased mean pulmonary artery pressure (56 +/- 3 to 53 +/- 2 mm Hg, p < 0.05) and increased cardiac index (2.1 +/- 0.1 to 2.5 +/- 0.2 L/min/m(2), p < 0.05). Calculated mean pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) decreased from 14.1 +/- 1.4 to 10.6 +/- 1.0 Wood units (p < 0.05). Vasodilatation with 100% oxygen occurred preferentially in the pulmonary circulation (PVR/systemic vascular resistance, 0.53 +/- 0.04 to 0.48 +/- 0.03; p < 0.05). The magnitude of the PVR response to oxygen therapy was correlated only with decreasing patient age (r = 0.45, p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Treatment with 100% oxygen is a selective pulmonary vasodilator in patients with pulmonary hypertension, regardless of primary diagnosis, baseline oxygenation, or right ventricular function. Development of disease-specific oxygen prescription guidelines warrants consideration.
Authors: Nathan Brunner; Vinicio A de Jesus Perez; Alice Richter; François Haddad; André Denault; Vanessa Rojas; Ke Yuan; Mark Orcholski; Xiaobo Liao Journal: Pulm Circ Date: 2014-03 Impact factor: 3.017
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