Abstract
Infants with cystic fibrosis (CF) develop early progressive lung disease which may be asymptomatic. Infant pulmonary function tests (IPFT) and controlled ventilation-high resolution computed tomography (CV-HRCT) of chest can detect early asymptomatic lung disease. It is not well established that these objective measures can detect changes in lung disease after clinical interventions. The purpose of this study was to evaluate usefulness of IPFT and CV-HRCT to detect changes in lung disease after intravenous (IV) antibiotic therapy in infants with early CF-related lung disease. IPFTs and CV-HRCT done before and after 2 weeks of IV antibiotics in infants at our institution over the last 12 years were compared. CV-HRCTs were compared using the modified Brody scoring system. The sample included 21 infants, mean age 85.2 ± 47.6 weeks. Mean change in weight was 0.4 ± 0.38 kg (p = 0.001). Significant changes in IPFT included mean % predicted FEV(0.5) (+13.5 %, p = 0.043), mean %FEF(25-75) (+30.2 %, p = 0.008), mean %RV/TLC (-11.2 %, p = 0.008), and mean %FRC/TLC (-4.5 %, p = 0.001). Total Brody scores improved from a median of 10 to 5 (p < 0.001) as did mean scores for airway wall thickening (p = 0.050), air trapping (p < 0.001), and p...Continue Reading
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