2020
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.24755
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Vaping associated lung injury: A potentially life‐threatening epidemic in US youth

Abstract: Background The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has identified a national outbreak in the United States of over 2600 cases of e‐cigarette or vaping product use‐associated lung injury (EVALI), including 60 deaths as of January 2020. We describe our experience in six adolescents. Material and Methods We identified all pediatric patients diagnosed with EVALI by CDC guidelines over a 6‐month period at our health system. Clinical presentation, hospital course, and imaging were reviewed. Results Six patients were id… Show more

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“…According to case reports since 2012, e-cig users with symptoms without direct etiology have undergone various diagnoses, including acute lung injury, atypical pneumonitis, and eosinophilic or lipoid pneumonia [6,13]. The presence of abnormal lipid-laden macrophages in lung tissue samples from EVALI subjects has been associated with lipoid pneumonia [15,16]. The patients diagnosed with lipoid-pneumonia suffered from cough, difficulty in breathing, shortness of breath, chest tightness and pain, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, fever, and weight loss.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…According to case reports since 2012, e-cig users with symptoms without direct etiology have undergone various diagnoses, including acute lung injury, atypical pneumonitis, and eosinophilic or lipoid pneumonia [6,13]. The presence of abnormal lipid-laden macrophages in lung tissue samples from EVALI subjects has been associated with lipoid pneumonia [15,16]. The patients diagnosed with lipoid-pneumonia suffered from cough, difficulty in breathing, shortness of breath, chest tightness and pain, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, fever, and weight loss.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…According to case reports since 2012, e-cig users with symptoms without direct etiology have undergone various diagnoses, including acute lung injury, atypical pneumonitis, and eosinophilic or lipoid pneumonia [ 6 , 12 ]. The presence of abnormal lipid-laden macrophages in lung tissue samples from EVALI subjects has been associated with lipoid pneumonia [ 14 , 15 ]. The patients diagnosed with lipoid pneumonia suffered from cough, difficulty in breathing, shortness of breath, chest tightness and pain, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, fever, and weight loss.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…According to case reports since 2012, e-cig users with symptoms without direct etiology have undergone various diagnoses, including acute lung injury, atypical pneumonitis, and eosinophilic or lipoid pneumonia [6,13]. The presence of abnormal lipid-laden macrophages in lung tissue samples from EVALI subjects has been associated with lipoid pneumonia [15,16]. The patients diagnosed with lipoid-pneumonia suffered from cough, di culty in breathing, shortness of breath, chest tightness and pain, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, fever, and weight loss.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%