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Air trapping

MedGen UID:
534054
Concept ID:
C0231819
Finding
Synonyms: Air Trapping; Gas Trapping
SNOMED CT: Air trapping (76171001)
 
HPO: HP:0033663

Definition

Air trapping is retention of air in the lung distal to an obstruction (usually partial). Air trapping is seen on end-expiration CT scans as parenchymal areas with less than normal increase in attenuation and lack of volume reduction. Comparison between inspiratory and expiratory CT scans can be helpful when air trapping is subtle or diffuse. [from HPO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

de Miguel-Díez J, Núñez Villota J, Santos Pérez S, Manito Lorite N, Alcázar Navarrete B, Delgado Jiménez JF, Soler-Cataluña JJ, Pascual Figal D, Sobradillo Ecenarro P, Gómez Doblas JJ
Arch Bronconeumol 2024 Apr;60(4):226-237. Epub 2024 Feb 1 doi: 10.1016/j.arbres.2024.01.013. PMID: 38383272
Scaramuzzo G, Ottaviani I, Volta CA, Spadaro S
Minerva Med 2022 Jun;113(3):460-470. doi: 10.23736/S0026-4806.22.07974-5. PMID: 35856181
Zatloukal J, Brat K, Neumannova K, Volakova E, Hejduk K, Kocova E, Kudela O, Kopecky M, Plutinsky M, Koblizek V
Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub 2020 Dec;164(4):325-356. doi: 10.5507/bp.2020.056. PMID: 33325455

Recent clinical studies

Therapy

Osman A, Halling C, Crume M, Al Tabosh H, Odackal N, Ball MK
J Perinatol 2023 Oct;43(10):1211-1221. Epub 2023 Aug 5 doi: 10.1038/s41372-023-01708-2. PMID: 37543651
Hastie AT, Martinez FJ, Curtis JL, Doerschuk CM, Hansel NN, Christenson S, Putcha N, Ortega VE, Li X, Barr RG, Carretta EE, Couper DJ, Cooper CB, Hoffman EA, Kanner RE, Kleerup E, O'Neal WK, Paine R 3rd, Peters SP, Alexis NE, Woodruff PG, Han MK, Meyers DA, Bleecker ER; SPIROMICS investigators
Lancet Respir Med 2017 Dec;5(12):956-967. Epub 2017 Nov 13 doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(17)30432-0. PMID: 29146301Free PMC Article
Kaminsky DA, Guntupalli KK, Lippmann J, Burns SM, Brock MA, Skelly J, DeSarno M, Pecott-Grimm H, Mohsin A, LaRock-McMahon C, Warren P, Whitney MC, Hanania NA
J Altern Complement Med 2017 Sep;23(9):696-704. Epub 2017 Jul 17 doi: 10.1089/acm.2017.0102. PMID: 28714735Free PMC Article
Shah PL, Herth FJ, van Geffen WH, Deslee G, Slebos DJ
Lancet Respir Med 2017 Feb;5(2):147-156. Epub 2016 Sep 29 doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(16)30221-1. PMID: 27693408
Barnes PJ, Burney PG, Silverman EK, Celli BR, Vestbo J, Wedzicha JA, Wouters EF
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2015 Dec 3;1:15076. doi: 10.1038/nrdp.2015.76. PMID: 27189863

Prognosis

Orr JE
Respir Care 2023 Jul;68(7):1013-1022. doi: 10.4187/respcare.10788. PMID: 37353331Free PMC Article
Zhao N, Wu F, Peng J, Zheng Y, Tian H, Yang H, Deng Z, Wang Z, Li H, Wen X, Xiao S, Huang P, Dai C, Lu L, Zhou K, Chen S, Zhou Y, Ran P
Respir Res 2022 Oct 31;23(1):298. doi: 10.1186/s12931-022-02216-1. PMID: 36316732Free PMC Article
Tang M, Elicker BM, Henry T, Gierada DS, Schiebler ML, Huang BK, Peters MC, Castro M, Hoffman EA, Fain SB, Ash SY, Choi J, Hall C, Phillips BR, Mauger DT, Denlinger LC, Jarjour NN, Israel E, Phipatanakul W, Levy BD, Wenzel SE, Bleecker ER, Woodruff PG, Fahy JV, Dunican EM
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2022 May 1;205(9):1036-1045. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202110-2265OC. PMID: 35104436Free PMC Article
Hastie AT, Martinez FJ, Curtis JL, Doerschuk CM, Hansel NN, Christenson S, Putcha N, Ortega VE, Li X, Barr RG, Carretta EE, Couper DJ, Cooper CB, Hoffman EA, Kanner RE, Kleerup E, O'Neal WK, Paine R 3rd, Peters SP, Alexis NE, Woodruff PG, Han MK, Meyers DA, Bleecker ER; SPIROMICS investigators
Lancet Respir Med 2017 Dec;5(12):956-967. Epub 2017 Nov 13 doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(17)30432-0. PMID: 29146301Free PMC Article
Barnes PJ, Burney PG, Silverman EK, Celli BR, Vestbo J, Wedzicha JA, Wouters EF
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2015 Dec 3;1:15076. doi: 10.1038/nrdp.2015.76. PMID: 27189863

Clinical prediction guides

Van Herck A, Beeckmans H, Kerckhof P, Sacreas A, Bos S, Kaes J, Vanstapel A, Vanaudenaerde BM, Van Slambrouck J, Orlitová M, Jin X, Ceulemans LJ, Van Raemdonck DE, Neyrinck AP, Godinas L, Dupont LJ, Verleden GM, Dubbeldam A, De Wever W, Vos R
Transplantation 2023 Nov 1;107(11):e292-e304. Epub 2023 Oct 21 doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004726. PMID: 37870882
Orr JE
Respir Care 2023 Jul;68(7):1013-1022. doi: 10.4187/respcare.10788. PMID: 37353331Free PMC Article
Tang M, Elicker BM, Henry T, Gierada DS, Schiebler ML, Huang BK, Peters MC, Castro M, Hoffman EA, Fain SB, Ash SY, Choi J, Hall C, Phillips BR, Mauger DT, Denlinger LC, Jarjour NN, Israel E, Phipatanakul W, Levy BD, Wenzel SE, Bleecker ER, Woodruff PG, Fahy JV, Dunican EM
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2022 May 1;205(9):1036-1045. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202110-2265OC. PMID: 35104436Free PMC Article
La Regina DP, Bloise S, Pepino D, Iovine E, Laudisa M, Cristiani L, Nicolai A, Nenna R, Mancino E, Di Mattia G, Petrarca L, Matera L, Frassanito A, Midulla F
Pediatr Pulmonol 2021 Jan;56(1):234-239. Epub 2020 Nov 24 doi: 10.1002/ppul.25156. PMID: 33151023
Hastie AT, Martinez FJ, Curtis JL, Doerschuk CM, Hansel NN, Christenson S, Putcha N, Ortega VE, Li X, Barr RG, Carretta EE, Couper DJ, Cooper CB, Hoffman EA, Kanner RE, Kleerup E, O'Neal WK, Paine R 3rd, Peters SP, Alexis NE, Woodruff PG, Han MK, Meyers DA, Bleecker ER; SPIROMICS investigators
Lancet Respir Med 2017 Dec;5(12):956-967. Epub 2017 Nov 13 doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(17)30432-0. PMID: 29146301Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Lee JJW, Philteos J, Levin M, Namavarian A, Propst EJ, Wolter NE
JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2021 Sep 1;147(9):787-796. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2021.1548. PMID: 34264309Free PMC Article
Scheeren B, Gomes E, Alves G, Marchiori E, Hochhegger B
J Bras Pneumol 2017 Jul-Aug;43(4):313-318. doi: 10.1590/S1806-37562016000000273. PMID: 28767772Free PMC Article
Ricci JA
J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2017 Jul;75(7):1519-1526. Epub 2017 Feb 21 doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2017.02.010. PMID: 28315298

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