July 7, 2011European Respiratory JournalOpen Access

Diagnosis of CTEPHversusIPAH using capillary to end-tidal carbon dioxide gradients

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Why the study?

Does the capillary to end-tidal carbon dioxide gradient help differentiate CTEPH from IPAH?

Structured PICO

Does the capillary to end-tidal carbon dioxide gradient help differentiate CTEPH from IPAH?

Population

21 patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) and 16 patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), compared with healthy controls.

Intervention

Measurement of capillary to end-tidal carbon dioxide gradients at rest and during exercise

Comparator

Comparison between CTEPH, IPAH, and healthy controls

Outcome

Capillary to end-tidal carbon dioxide gradient at rest and during exercisesurrogate

Capillary to end-tidal carbon dioxide gradients at rest and during exercise can serve as a non-invasive marker to help distinguish CTEPH from IPAH.

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Implication

May support non-invasive differentiation of CTEPH from IPAH; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.

Cite This Study

Scheidl et al. (2011) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a81d4c8adfa6baaaee1f4c2 https://doi.org/10.1183/09031936.00109710

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Diagnosis of CTEPHversusIPAH using capillary to end-tidal carbon dioxide gradients

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Implication

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Diagnosis of CTEPHversusIPAH using capillary to end-tidal carbon dioxide gradients

Structured PICO

Discussion

Implication

Cite This Study

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