Objective Vibration response imaging(VRI) is a new lung sound imaging technology.It provides quantitative lung data（QLD） of vibration in respiratory system.The study is to explore the value of QLD in diagnosis of obstructive lung diseases.Methods The QLD of 61 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease（COPD） patients，58 asthma patients and 64 healthy volunteers were reviewed.The QLD were transferred to abnormity and variation by a formulation and were analyzed.Results The mean QLD of healthy volunteers were 8.4，14.5，22.0，11.1，18.5，25.5 with mean abnormity as 10.0 and mean variation as 2.0.The mean QLD of the COPD patients were 11.6，16.7，21.9，12.6，17.2，20.1 with mean abnormity as 47.1 and mean variation as 10.9.The mean QLD of the asthma patients were 12.8，17.2，19.9，13.3，17.5，19.3 with mean abnormity as 58.1 and mean variation as 12.2.The abnormity and variation of the patients were different from those of volunteers（Plt;0.05）.When abnormity≥20.0 or variation≥5.0 was define as threshold value，the specificity was 87.5%.The diagnosis sensitivity for COPD is 82.0% and sensitivity for asthma is 82.8%.Conclusion COPD and asthma patients can be detected by quantitative lung data from vibration response imaging.
Objective To clarify the differences of clinical manifestations in patients of Churg Strauss syndrome （CSS） with or without antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody （ANCA） positive，and primarily explore the roles of ANCA and eosinophilia in CSS according to current literatures. Methods The clinical data of 25 patients with CSS，admitted to Peking Union Medical College Hospital from January 2001 to November 2010，were retrospectively investigated. Results The positive rate of ANCA in Churg Strauss was 32.0%，with P-ANCA predominantly （in 6 patients）. The lung involvement in the patients between ANCA positive and ANCA negative patients was 16.7% and 82.4% respectively with significant difference. The heart involvement in the patients between ANCA positive and ANCA negative patients were 60.0% and 64.2%，respectively.The peripheral neuropathy between ANCA positive and ANCA negative patients were 85.7% and 66.7%，respectively.The renal manifestations between ANCA positive and ANCA negative patients were 75.0% and 35.3%，respectively. But the differences in heart，peripheral neuropathy，orrenal manifestations were not significant. Conclusion The status of ANCA may represent different clinical phenotype of CSS.