Sleep Board Review Question: Nocturnal Hypoxemia in COPD

Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 10:17AM
Rick Robbins, M.D.

Chithra Poongkunran¹

Rohit Budhiraja, MD^1,2

¹ Department of Medicine, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA.

² Department of Medicine, Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System (SAVAHCS), Tucson, AZ 85723, USA.

 

Question: Which of the following is the strongest predictor of nocturnal hypoxemia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)?

1. Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1)
2. Age
3. Daytime Oxygen Saturation
4. Radiological severity of COPD

Reference as: Poongkunran C, Budhiraja R. Sleep board review question: nocturnal hypoxemia in COPD. Southwest J Pulm Crit Care. 2013;6(1):12-14. PDF

Article originally appeared on Southwest Journal of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep (https://www.swjpcc.com/).