A presentation of E-Cigarette vaping associated lung injury (EVALI) caused by THC-Containing electronic smoking device.
EVALI
Hypoxemic respiratory failure
THC e-Cigarettes
e-cigarettes
Journal
Respiratory medicine case reports
ISSN: 2213-0071
Titre abrégé: Respir Med Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101604463
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
25
03
2020
revised:
11
06
2020
accepted:
03
07
2020
entrez:
22
7
2020
pubmed:
22
7
2020
medline:
22
7
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Several cases have recently been reported concerning the development of a syndrome of acute lung injury associated with the use of electronic cigarettes, leading to respiratory failure and several deaths. We present a case of a young veteran who presented with e-cigarette vaping associated lung injury (EVALI) to a primary care clinic and who required subsequent inpatient admission and home oxygen therapy after discharge. The patient afterwards improved after a three-month course of steroids and cessation of THC-containing electronic cigarettes, consistent with previously reported cases. Furthermore, evidence on bronchoscopy and biopsy demonstrated intracellular lipid droplets in the patient's macrophages. This outpatient case of EVALI prompts primary care providers to raise suspicion of this condition, and enquire about the use of e-cigarettes, particularly THC-containing vaping products. Furthermore, in the setting of the COVID-19 pandemic, similar clinical and radiographic presentations between COVID-19 and EVALI can be seen.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32690998
doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101154
pii: S2213-0071(20)30367-1
pii: 101154
pmc: PMC7348611
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
101154Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Author(s).
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
We have no conflicts of interest to disclose. All authors have approved this manuscript.
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