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Inspiratory neural drive response to hypoxia adequately estimates peripheral chemosensitivity in OSAHS patients

Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain

CORRESPONDENCE: F. García-Río, Alfredo Marqueríe 11, izqda, 1° A, 28034, Madrid, Spain. Fax: 34 917277096. E-mail: fgr01m@jazzfree.com

Keywords: carotid body, chemosensitivity, hypoxia, sleep apnoea

Received: June 1, 2001
Accepted April 11, 2002

This study was supported by FIS (96/1280 and 99/0252) and Neumomadrid (2000) Grants.

The aim of the present study was to examine the relationships between the responses to progressive isocapnic hypoxia and hypoxic withdrawal test in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome (OSAHS) and to analyse the determinants of carotid body sensitivity in OSAHS.

Nineteen consecutive OSAHS patients and 13 healthy subjects were selected. Ventilatory (V'_I/S_a,O2/BSA) and inspiratory neural drive (P_0.1/S_a,O2) responses to progressive isocapnic hypoxia were determined. Peripheral chemosensitivity was evaluated by the hypoxic withdrawal test, which measures the decrease in ventilation caused by two breaths of 100% oxygen (%V'_I).

Withdrawal response and ventilatory and inspiratory neural drive responses to hypoxia were lower in OSAHS patients than in control subjects. In patients with OSAHS, %V'_I correlated significantly with V'_I/S_a,O2/BSA and with P_0.1/S_a,O2. On stepwise multiple linear regression analysis, a strong correlation between %V'_I and P_0.1/S_a,O2 was found. Moreover, %V'_I, V'_I/S_a,O2/BSA and P_0.1/S_a,O2 were significantly correlated with minimum arterial oxygen saturation and with arousal index.

Obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome patients have a strong relationship between peripheral chemosensitivity and respiratory response to hypoxia, suggesting that hypoxic stimulation of central chemoreceptors is minimally relevant in obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome. Moreover, sensitivity of the carotid body in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome is related to sleep disruption and to nocturnal hypoxia.

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