Angelo Onofri1,2, Maxime Patout1,3, Georgios Kaltsakas1, Elodie Lhuillier1,3, Sitali Mushemi-Blake4, Gill Arbane1, Martino F Pengo1,2, Philip Marino1,5, Joerg Steier1,5. 1. Lane Fox Respiratory Unit/Sleep Disorders Centre, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. 2. Department of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padua, Padua, Italy. 3. Normandie Univ, UNIRouen, EA3830-GRHV, Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB) and Rouen University Hospital, Service de Pneumologie, Oncologie thoracique et Soins Intensifs Respiratoires, Rouen, France. 4. Cardiology Department, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. 5. Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, UK.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure (HRF) in obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is commonly treated using non-invasive ventilation (NIV). We hypothesised that treatment of OHS would improve neural respiratory drive index (NRDI) and cardiac function. METHODS: Fourteen patients (8 females) with OHS, who were admitted for initiation of domiciliary NIV, were prospectively studied. Patients had (mean ± SD): age (53±10 years), body mass index (BMI) (50.1±10.8 kg/m2), and pCO2 (7.3±0.9 kPa). NRDI was assessed by surface electromyogram of the parasternal intercostals. Cardiac function was assessed by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). All measurements were performed at baseline, 6 weeks, and 3 months. RESULTS: NRDI improved on day one following NIV set-up comparing to baseline (484.2±214.8 vs. 316.5±106.5 AU) and this improvement was maintained at 6 weeks (369.1±173.2 AU) and at 3 months (351.2±167.1 AU) (P=0.004). No significant differences were identified in terms of cardiac function between baseline and 3 months [tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) (24.6±5.8 vs. 23.0±4.0 mm, P=0.317); systolic pulmonary artery (PA) pressures (36.7±15.2 vs. 44.5±23.9 mmHg, P=0.163]. CONCLUSIONS: NIV improves NRDI in patients with OHS, while the cardiac function over a three-month period remains unchanged.
BACKGROUND: Chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure (HRF) in obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is commonly treated using non-invasive ventilation (NIV). We hypothesised that treatment of OHS would improve neural respiratory drive index (NRDI) and cardiac function. METHODS: Fourteen patients (8 females) with OHS, who were admitted for initiation of domiciliary NIV, were prospectively studied. Patients had (mean ± SD): age (53±10 years), body mass index (BMI) (50.1±10.8 kg/m2), and pCO2 (7.3±0.9 kPa). NRDI was assessed by surface electromyogram of the parasternal intercostals. Cardiac function was assessed by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). All measurements were performed at baseline, 6 weeks, and 3 months. RESULTS: NRDI improved on day one following NIV set-up comparing to baseline (484.2±214.8 vs. 316.5±106.5 AU) and this improvement was maintained at 6 weeks (369.1±173.2 AU) and at 3 months (351.2±167.1 AU) (P=0.004). No significant differences were identified in terms of cardiac function between baseline and 3 months [tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) (24.6±5.8 vs. 23.0±4.0 mm, P=0.317); systolic pulmonary artery (PA) pressures (36.7±15.2 vs. 44.5±23.9 mmHg, P=0.163]. CONCLUSIONS: NIV improves NRDI in patients with OHS, while the cardiac function over a three-month period remains unchanged.
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