PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Gómez Punter, Rosa Mar
AU  - Girón Moreno, Rosa M
AU  - Vázquez Espinosa, Emma
AU  - Soriano, Joan B
AU  - Pastor, M Teresa
AU  - Zamora, Enrique
AU  - Valenzuela, Claudia
AU  - Alonso, Tamara
AU  - García Castillo, Elena
AU  - Ancochea, Julio
TI  - Desaturations During 6-Minute Walk Test and Predicting Nocturnal Desaturations in Adult Subjects With Cystic Fibrosis
AID  - 10.4187/respcare.06171
DP  - 2019 Jan 01
TA  - Respiratory Care
PG  - 48--54
VI  - 64
IP  - 1
4099  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/64/1/48.short
4100  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/64/1/48.full
AB  - BACKGROUND: Nocturnal desaturation in cystic fibrosis (CF) may have prognostic implications because a significant and maintained nocturnal desaturation can contribute to the development and progression of pulmonary hypertension with cor pulmonale. Its relation with the desaturation in exercise has not been sufficiently studied. We aimed to determine whether desaturation during 6MWT can be an indicator of nocturnal desaturation in adult subjects with CF.METHODS: 57 subjects were included: 50.9% male, 27.5 ± 7.7 y old, mean FEV1 = 2.37 ± 0.74 L, and %FEV1 67 ± 18.1%. Desaturation during 6MWT was defined as oxygen saturation (SpO2) ≤ 90% or a decline of > 4 points in SpO2 from baseline, and nocturnal desaturation as a desaturation index > 4 or > 5% of sleep time with SpO2 ≤ 90%.RESULTS: Desaturation observed during 6MWT in adult subjects with CF did not correlate with nocturnal desaturation (P = .27). Subjects with %FEV1 ≤ 55% and diffusion capacity of carbon monoxide (DLCO) ≤ 50 mmol/min/mm Hg were at higher risk of 6MWT desaturation. Nocturnal desaturation was more frequent in males, with PaO2 ≤ 71 mm Hg in blood gas analysis.CONCLUSIONS: Desaturation observed in 6MWT cannot predict desaturation at night in adults with CF. Other parameters were identified as predictors of desaturation.