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Dencker/Malmberg
13 to 17 years 4 0.4
Berdel/Lechtenboerger
18 to 60 years 2 0.2
Vogel/Smidt
Extrapolation > 100 0 0
45 to 91 years 5 15 25 35 45 55 65 75 85 years
Schulz Spirometry is age and height dependent!
Definition of abnormality:
R5Hz Resistance - if > 140 % of predicted
X5Hz Lung reactance - difference to predicted > 0.15 kPa/(L/s)
Automated classification
Detection of flow limitation at resting breathing – DX5
Abnormal range
Abnormal area
Fres
AX AX
R5Hz R5Hz
Resistance Fres
6
R5Hz 7 1 6
1
7
Reactance
1 Baseline
6 Maximal constriction ! Peripheral obstruction
7 Dilatation step
Bronchial hyperresponsiveness
Contra indication
R5 Airways resistance - abnormal if > 140 % of predicted
X5 Lung reactance - abnormal if (predicted – X5) > 0,15 kPa.s.L-1
Contra indication as soon as R5 and/or X5 in abnormal range
Bronchial hyperresponsiveness
Reversibility R5 Airways resistance - 20-25%
Fres Resonant frequency - 20%
AX Reactance area - 40%
Diff R5-R20 Frequency dependence - 0.04 kPa.s.L-1
FEV1 Forced volume in 1 s +12% + 200mL
Xrs [kPa/(L/s)]
Restriction
0,3 Decrease of VC
0,2 Reactance spectrum
0,1
VC
0
Fres
-0,1 VC
-0,2 X5Hz
-0,3
0 5 10 20 30 40 f [Hz]
0,3
-0,1
-0,2 X5
-0,3
0 5 10 20 30 40 f [Hz]
Clinical studies utilizing IOS
Oscillometry as clinical monitor of response to treatment.
Total number
60
40
20 Total
Correctly measured
Examination failed
2 years
3 years
4 years
5 years
Wheezing phenotypes
in 4 years old children
Never wheezing (144)
Early transient wheeze (127)
Persistent wheeze (54)
TcO2
4
Rocc
2 FEV1
0
Methacholine
NaCl 0.5 1 2 4 8 16 32 log [mg/ml]
Asthmatics
without dilating effect
20 *** Asthmatics
with dilating effect
** ***
10 Healthy volunteers
-1 1 3 5 7 9 10 11 13 [min]
Post
Post
Post
2
Pre
Pre
Pre
Post
Post
Pre
Pre
20 upper
1
limit
0 0
Healthy COPD Reff R5 Rocc
K. Nietzmann et al.: Comparison of bronchodilator response in COPD as measured by
FEV1 and resistance; European Respiratory Society, 13th Annual Congress 2003,
Vienna, September 27 – October 1, [3618]
Resistance R5 in stages of disease
Nietzman et al., Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, 2003
Impuls-Oscillometry R5 SDS
6
n=11
5
COPD - Classification 4 n=8
following
ERS Consensus 1995 3 n=8
Degree FEV1%Pred 2
n=73
mild > 70 1
Post
Post
Post
moderate 50-69
Pre
Pre
Pre
0 0 -0,3
severe < 50
mild moderate severe healthy
N.M. Siafakas et al.: Optimal assessment and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD); Eur Respir J 1995, 8, 1398-1420
Intra breath
Phenotyping of obstruction
Respiratory phases
1234 inspiration
5678 expiration
Healthy subjects
average
COPD
average
Peripheral indices
R5, X5, Fres
Central indices
R20
Staging of COPD
Healthy
Stage I
Stage II
Stage III
Stage IV
R.L. Dellacà et al.: Detection of expiratory flow limitation in COPD using the forced
oscillation technique. Eur Respir J 2004, 232-240
Clinical evaluation of EFL
Flow limited patient Optimal range Parameter
Flow Volume
Xexp
Average of expiration
Xexp, min
Minimum of Xrs
Poes
In expiration
Difference of average
values between in- and
expiration
X5
Xpeak-to-peak
Difference of peak-values
Sensitivity
Specificity
Dellacà et al.: Detection of expiratory flow limitation in COPD using the forced oscillation
technique; ERJ 2004, 232-240
Bronchial dilatation in COPD
Problem: Bronchodilators improve breathing mechanics in
COPD patients WITHOUT large effect on FEV1
Decrease of hyperinflation 50
24 COPD Patients
Decrease of peripheral
Improvement [%]
40 sGaw
obstruction 30 Fres
20
R5
Conclusion:
10 FEV1
… Impulse Oscillometry and
0
Bodyplethysmography should 20 50 100 200 400 800
L. Borrill et al.: Measuring bronchodilatation in COPD clinical trials; Br J Clin Pharmacol 2004,
59:4, 379-384
Distal airways function in obesity
0 0
without
-0.1 -0.1 with
wheezing
-0.2
-0.3
! -0.2
-0.3
cough
c. & w. !
Non-Smokers Smokers
-0.4 -0.4
-0.5 -0.5
Symptoms
X5 [kPa/(L/s)] X5 [kPa/(L/s)]
Karl-Josef Franke et al. Removal of the Tracheal Tube after Prolonged Mechanical
Ventilation: Assessment of Risk by Oscillatory Impedance.
Respiration 2011;81 :118-123
Correlation to tracheostenosis
Non-invasive detection and follow
up of airway stenosis.
IOS is simple
Patient is only passively cooperating
Operator is supported in quality issues
Physician is supported by various
classification & interpretation strategies