Francesca Polverino1, Erik B Hysinger2, Nishant Gupta3, Matt Willmering4, Tod Olin5, Steven H Abman6, Jason C Woods2. 1. Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center, Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson; Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM. Electronic address: fpolverino@copdnet.org. 2. Center for Pulmonary Imaging Research, Pulmonary Medicine & Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Ohio; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Ohio. 3. Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Ohio. 4. Center for Pulmonary Imaging Research, Pulmonary Medicine & Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Ohio. 5. Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Center, Denver, Colo. 6. Pediatric Heart Lung Center, Section of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center, Aurora.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Many knowledge gaps in the nature of early chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) still exist, mainly because COPD has always been considered a disease of the elderly. Little attention has been paid to the pathologic changes in the lungs of young adults with risk factors for COPD, such as bronchopulmonary dysplasia. One major limitation is the current lack of noninvasive ways to sensitively measure or image functional declines from subjects who are at risk for COPD but haven't yet developed more significant clinical symptoms of the disease. METHODS: We report the use of lung magnetic resonance imaging with hyperpolarized gas in the diagnostic workup for bronchopulmonary dysplasia with underlying chronic airflow limitation in presence of spirometry criteria that meet the diagnosis of early-onset COPD. CONCLUSIONS: In the postsurfactant era, where more young adults will be spirometrically diagnosed with COPD, patients should be classified not only on the basis of their airflow limitation, but also on lung abnormalities identified with safe, comprehensive imaging technologies that allow regular, longitudinal follow-up. Published by Elsevier Inc.
INTRODUCTION: Many knowledge gaps in the nature of early chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) still exist, mainly because COPD has always been considered a disease of the elderly. Little attention has been paid to the pathologic changes in the lungs of young adults with risk factors for COPD, such as bronchopulmonary dysplasia. One major limitation is the current lack of noninvasive ways to sensitively measure or image functional declines from subjects who are at risk for COPD but haven't yet developed more significant clinical symptoms of the disease. METHODS: We report the use of lung magnetic resonance imaging with hyperpolarized gas in the diagnostic workup for bronchopulmonary dysplasia with underlying chronic airflow limitation in presence of spirometry criteria that meet the diagnosis of early-onset COPD. CONCLUSIONS: In the postsurfactant era, where more young adults will be spirometrically diagnosed with COPD, patients should be classified not only on the basis of their airflow limitation, but also on lung abnormalities identified with safe, comprehensive imaging technologies that allow regular, longitudinal follow-up. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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Keywords:
BPD; Early COPD; FEV(1); Lung MRI; Prematurity
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