Abstract
During hypoxia ATP degradation to uric acid is increased in animal models and humans. To assess the reliability of an overnight increase in uric acid excretion as a marker of nocturnal hypoxemia, we selected 10 normal volunteers (7 males and 3 females), 29 COPD patients (26 males and 3 females), and 49 subjects with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) (43 males and 6 females). The patients underwent standard polysomnography, which was repeated in 14 subjects with nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), and were subdivided into two groups: Group D included desaturating subjects who spent at least 1 h at Sa(O2) <90% and 15 min below 85%, and Group ND were nondesaturating subjects. The overnight change in the uric acid:creatinine ratio (ΔUA:Cr) was negative in normal subjects (-27.5 ± 9.1 [mean ± SD]) and ND groups: -19.7 ± 14.3 in COPD, -16.1 ± 13.0 in OSA. In both COPD and OSA Group D, the ratio was usually positive: ΔUA:Cr was 17.9 ± 31.4 in Group D COPD (p <0.001 versus ND) and 10.1 ± 30.7 in Group D OSA (p <0.001 versus ND and versus normal subjects) despite 4 of 15 false negative results in COPD and 8 of 20 in OSA. CPAP effective treatment induced a marked reduction ((p = 0.0024) in ΔUA:Cr, leading to a negative value. We conclude that ΔUA:Cr seems to be a promising index of significant nocturnal tissue hypoxia, with good specificity but poor sensitivity (about 30% false negative), which might be useful for the long-term follow-up of outpatients on nasal CPAP with a positive ratio at baseline.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 173-178 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | American Review of Respiratory Disease |
| Volume | 148 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 1993 |
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Overnight urinary uric acid : Creatinine ratio for detection of sleep hypoxemia: Validation study in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and obstructive sleep apnea before and after treatment with nasal continuous positive airway pressure. / Braghiroli, A.; Sacco, C.; Erbetta, M.; Ruga, V.; Donner, C. F.
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T1 - Overnight urinary uric acid
T2 - Creatinine ratio for detection of sleep hypoxemia: Validation study in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and obstructive sleep apnea before and after treatment with nasal continuous positive airway pressure
AU - Braghiroli, A.
AU - Sacco, C.
AU - Erbetta, M.
AU - Ruga, V.
AU - Donner, C. F.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - During hypoxia ATP degradation to uric acid is increased in animal models and humans. To assess the reliability of an overnight increase in uric acid excretion as a marker of nocturnal hypoxemia, we selected 10 normal volunteers (7 males and 3 females), 29 COPD patients (26 males and 3 females), and 49 subjects with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) (43 males and 6 females). The patients underwent standard polysomnography, which was repeated in 14 subjects with nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), and were subdivided into two groups: Group D included desaturating subjects who spent at least 1 h at Sa(O2) <90% and 15 min below 85%, and Group ND were nondesaturating subjects. The overnight change in the uric acid:creatinine ratio (ΔUA:Cr) was negative in normal subjects (-27.5 ± 9.1 [mean ± SD]) and ND groups: -19.7 ± 14.3 in COPD, -16.1 ± 13.0 in OSA. In both COPD and OSA Group D, the ratio was usually positive: ΔUA:Cr was 17.9 ± 31.4 in Group D COPD (p <0.001 versus ND) and 10.1 ± 30.7 in Group D OSA (p <0.001 versus ND and versus normal subjects) despite 4 of 15 false negative results in COPD and 8 of 20 in OSA. CPAP effective treatment induced a marked reduction ((p = 0.0024) in ΔUA:Cr, leading to a negative value. We conclude that ΔUA:Cr seems to be a promising index of significant nocturnal tissue hypoxia, with good specificity but poor sensitivity (about 30% false negative), which might be useful for the long-term follow-up of outpatients on nasal CPAP with a positive ratio at baseline.
AB - During hypoxia ATP degradation to uric acid is increased in animal models and humans. To assess the reliability of an overnight increase in uric acid excretion as a marker of nocturnal hypoxemia, we selected 10 normal volunteers (7 males and 3 females), 29 COPD patients (26 males and 3 females), and 49 subjects with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) (43 males and 6 females). The patients underwent standard polysomnography, which was repeated in 14 subjects with nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), and were subdivided into two groups: Group D included desaturating subjects who spent at least 1 h at Sa(O2) <90% and 15 min below 85%, and Group ND were nondesaturating subjects. The overnight change in the uric acid:creatinine ratio (ΔUA:Cr) was negative in normal subjects (-27.5 ± 9.1 [mean ± SD]) and ND groups: -19.7 ± 14.3 in COPD, -16.1 ± 13.0 in OSA. In both COPD and OSA Group D, the ratio was usually positive: ΔUA:Cr was 17.9 ± 31.4 in Group D COPD (p <0.001 versus ND) and 10.1 ± 30.7 in Group D OSA (p <0.001 versus ND and versus normal subjects) despite 4 of 15 false negative results in COPD and 8 of 20 in OSA. CPAP effective treatment induced a marked reduction ((p = 0.0024) in ΔUA:Cr, leading to a negative value. We conclude that ΔUA:Cr seems to be a promising index of significant nocturnal tissue hypoxia, with good specificity but poor sensitivity (about 30% false negative), which might be useful for the long-term follow-up of outpatients on nasal CPAP with a positive ratio at baseline.
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