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Imaging Features of Chronic Bronchitis with Preserved Ratio and Impaired Spirometry (PRISm)

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Purpose

The purpose of the study was to investigate the quantitative chest tomographic features of chronic bronchitis with preserved ratio and impaired spirometry (PRISm), including airway wall area, emphysema index, and lung capacity.

Methods

An observational, cross-sectional study of 343 patients at the Ninth Hospital of Xi’an Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University between October 2014 and September 2017. The patients were divided into three groups: 77 cases of chronic bronchitis with normal lung function (forced expiratory volume in one second/forced vital capacity) (FEV1/FVC > 70%, FEV1%pred > 80%), 80 cases of chronic bronchitis with PRISm (FEV1/FVC > 70%, FEV1%pred < 80%), and 186 cases of the early chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (FEV1/FVC < 70%, FEV1%pred > 50%, that is, Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) grade 1 + 2). We compared and analyzed the differences in imaging between the chronic bronchitis with PRISm and the other two groups.

Results

Compared with the early COPD group, the PRISm group revealed significant differences in airway wall area, emphysema index, and lung capacity (P < 0.05). Compared with the chronic bronchitis with normal lung function group, the PRISm group showed increased WA%LUL5, decreased lung capacity, and higher mean lung density.

Conclusion

In terms of airway wall area and emphysema index, patients with chronic bronchitis with PRISm were essentially no different than those with chronic bronchitis without abnormal spirometry, whereas for symptoms, they are more like GOLD 1 and 2 patients. Our findings show that it is not yet clear whether it constitutes an intermediate stage of chronic bronchitis with normal lung function that progression to early COPD.

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Funding

This study was funded by the following grants: “Digital Lung” disease assessment system and diagnostic criteria (201402013) approved by the Chinese Society for Clinical Research; Award Number: ChiCTR-OCH-14004904 | Recipient: Youmin Guo, Clinical trial registration number: ChiCTR-OCH-14004904. The Social Development Science Research Project of Shaanxi Province; Award Number: No. 2016SF-151 | Recipient: Xia Wei. Xi’an Science and Technology Project; Award Number: 2016045SF / YX01 | Recipient: Xia Wei.

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  1. Xia Wei and Qi Ding have contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Ninth Hospital of Xi’an Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, 151 East Section of South Second Ring Road, Xi’an, 710054, China

    Xia Wei, Qi Ding, Jiuyun Mi, Jingting Ren, Jie Li, Shudi Xu & Youmin Guo

  2. Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China

    Xia Wei

  3. Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Shaanxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, Shaanxi, China

    Nan Yu

  4. Department of Radiology, The Ninth Hospital of Xi’an Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China

    Yanzhong Gao

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Wei, X., Ding, Q., Yu, N. et al. Imaging Features of Chronic Bronchitis with Preserved Ratio and Impaired Spirometry (PRISm). Lung 196, 649–658 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-018-0162-2

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