Emily T Farrell1, Melissa L Bates1,2, David F Pegelow1, Mari Palta3,4, Jens C Eickhoff4, Matthew J O'Brien5, Marlowe W Eldridge1,6. 1. 1 Department of Pediatrics, Critical Care Division and the John Rankin Laboratory of Pulmonary Medicine. 2. 2 Department of Health and Human Physiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. 3. 3 Department of Population Health Sciences. 4. 4 Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics. 5. 5 Department of Pulmonary Function, and. 6. 6 Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; and.
Abstract
RATIONALE: Preterm birth, and its often-required medical interventions, can result in respiratory and gas exchange deficits into childhood. However, the long-term sequelae into adulthood are not well understood. OBJECTIVES: To determine exercise capacity and pulmonary gas exchange efficiency during exercise in adult survivors of preterm birth. METHODS: Preterm (n = 14), very low birth weight (<1,500 g) adults (20-23 yr) and term-born, age-matched control subjects (n = 16) performed incremental exercise on a cycle ergometer to volitional exhaustion while breathing one of two oxygen concentrations: normoxia (fraction of inspired oxygen, 0.21) or hypoxia (fraction of inspired oxygen, 0.12). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Ventilation, mixed expired gases, arterial blood gases, power output, and oxygen consumption were measured during rest and exercise. We calculated the alveolar-to-arterial oxygen difference to determine pulmonary gas exchange efficiency. Preterm subjects had lower power output at volitional exhaustion than did control subjects in normoxia (150 ± 10 vs. 180 ± 10 W; P = 0.01), despite similar normoxic oxygen consumption. However, during hypoxic exercise, there was no difference in power output at volitional exhaustion between the two groups (116 ± 10 vs. 135 ± 10 W; P = 0.11). Preterm subjects also exhibited a more acidotic, acid-base balance throughout exercise compared with control subjects. In contrast to other studies, adults born preterm, as a group developed a wider alveolar-to-arterial oxygen difference and lower PaO2 than did control subjects during normoxic but not hypoxic exercise. CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates that pulmonary gas exchange efficiency is lower in some adult survivors of preterm birth during exercise compared with control subjects. The gas exchange inefficiency, when present, is accompanied by low arterial blood oxygen tension. Preterm subjects also exhibit reduced power output. Overall, our findings suggest potential long-term consequences of extreme preterm birth and very low birth weight on cardiopulmonary function.
RATIONALE: Preterm birth, and its often-required medical interventions, can result in respiratory and gas exchange deficits into childhood. However, the long-term sequelae into adulthood are not well understood. OBJECTIVES: To determine exercise capacity and pulmonary gas exchange efficiency during exercise in adult survivors of preterm birth. METHODS: Preterm (n = 14), very low birth weight (<1,500 g) adults (20-23 yr) and term-born, age-matched control subjects (n = 16) performed incremental exercise on a cycle ergometer to volitional exhaustion while breathing one of two oxygen concentrations: normoxia (fraction of inspired oxygen, 0.21) or hypoxia (fraction of inspired oxygen, 0.12). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Ventilation, mixed expired gases, arterial blood gases, power output, and oxygen consumption were measured during rest and exercise. We calculated the alveolar-to-arterial oxygen difference to determine pulmonary gas exchange efficiency. Preterm subjects had lower power output at volitional exhaustion than did control subjects in normoxia (150 ± 10 vs. 180 ± 10 W; P = 0.01), despite similar normoxic oxygen consumption. However, during hypoxic exercise, there was no difference in power output at volitional exhaustion between the two groups (116 ± 10 vs. 135 ± 10 W; P = 0.11). Preterm subjects also exhibited a more acidotic, acid-base balance throughout exercise compared with control subjects. In contrast to other studies, adults born preterm, as a group developed a wider alveolar-to-arterial oxygen difference and lower PaO2 than did control subjects during normoxic but not hypoxic exercise. CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates that pulmonary gas exchange efficiency is lower in some adult survivors of preterm birth during exercise compared with control subjects. The gas exchange inefficiency, when present, is accompanied by low arterial blood oxygen tension. Preterm subjects also exhibit reduced power output. Overall, our findings suggest potential long-term consequences of extreme preterm birth and very low birth weight on cardiopulmonary function.
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alveolar–arterial oxygen difference; prematurity; pulmonary gas exchange
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