Purpose: Childhood post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) is an infrequent lung disease leading to narrowing and/or complete obliteration of small airways. Ventilation and perfusion (V/Q) scan can provide both regional and global pulmonary information. However, only few retrospective researches investigating post-infectious BO involved V/Q scan, the clinical value of this method is unknown. This preliminary prospective study was aimed to evaluate the correlation of V/Q scan with disease severity, pulmonary function test results, and prognosis in children with post-infectious BO. Methods: Twenty-five post-infectious BO children (18 boys and 7 girls; mean age, 41 months) underwent V/Q scan and pulmonary function tests. Patients were followed after their inclusion. Ventilation index and perfusion index obtained from V/Q scan were used to measure pulmonary abnormalities. Spearman's rank correlation test of ventilation index and perfusion index on disease severity, lung function tests indices, and follow-up results were performed. Results: The median follow-up period was 4.6 years (range, 2.2 to 5.0 years). Ventilation index and perfusion index were both correlated with disease severity (r = 0.72, p<0.01 and r = 0.73, p<0.01), but only ventilation index was related to pulmonary function tests results (all p<0.05). In addition, Spearman test yielded significant correlations between perfusion index and prognosis (r = 0.77, p<0.01), and ventilation index and prognosis (r = 0.63, p = 0.01). Conclusions: For children with post-infectious BO, the present study preliminarily indicated that the degree of ventilation and perfusion abnormalities evaluated by V/Q scan may be used to assess disease severity, and may be predictive of patient's outcome.
第一作者机构:[1]Capital Med Univ, Chaoyang Hosp, Dept Cardiol, Beijing, Peoples R China;[4]Chinese Acad Med Sci, Fu Wai Hosp, Natl Ctr Cardiovascular Dis, Dept Nucl Med,State Key Lab Cardiovasc Dis, Beijing 100730, Peoples R China;[5]Peking Union Med Coll, Beijing 100021, Peoples R China;
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通讯机构:[4]Chinese Acad Med Sci, Fu Wai Hosp, Natl Ctr Cardiovascular Dis, Dept Nucl Med,State Key Lab Cardiovasc Dis, Beijing 100730, Peoples R China;[5]Peking Union Med Coll, Beijing 100021, Peoples R China;
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Xie Bo-Qia,Wang Wei,Zhang Wen-Qian,et al.Ventilation/Perfusion Scintigraphy in Children with Post-Infectious Bronchiolitis Obliterans: A Pilot Study[J].PLOS ONE.2014,9(5):-.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098381.
APA:
Xie, Bo-Qia,Wang, Wei,Zhang, Wen-Qian,Guo, Xin-Hua,Yang, Min-Fu...&Tian, Yue-Qin.(2014).Ventilation/Perfusion Scintigraphy in Children with Post-Infectious Bronchiolitis Obliterans: A Pilot Study.PLOS ONE,9,(5)
MLA:
Xie, Bo-Qia,et al."Ventilation/Perfusion Scintigraphy in Children with Post-Infectious Bronchiolitis Obliterans: A Pilot Study".PLOS ONE 9..5(2014):-