Lung injury from e-cigarette use: a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours
| Autor: | Conor D Tweed, Ian Moonsie, Robert Chapman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_treatment Case Report Cigarette use Lung injury Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Sputum culture 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Oxygen therapy Oxygen breathing Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Chest imaging Reduced exercise tolerance medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Vaping Oxygen Inhalation Therapy General Medicine Lung Injury Middle Aged 030228 respiratory system Anesthesia Respiratory virus Radiography Thoracic business Tomography X-Ray Computed |
| Zdroj: | BMJ Case Rep |
| ISSN: | 1757-790X |
| Popis: | A 62-year-old man presented with worsening dyspnoea, haemoptysis and reduced exercise tolerance. He was found to be hypoxaemic with bilateral basal opacification on chest imaging, but inflammatory markers, respiratory virus PCR and sputum culture demonstrated no signs of infection. The patient reported having initially mild, yet progressive, symptoms since he started vaping 14 months previously. He was treated with oxygen therapy, supportive care and cessation of vaping. Chest imaging at discharge showed marked improvement of previous bilateral opacification and the patient returned to baseline exercise tolerance, with no oxygen requirement. Vaping is becoming more common in the UK and this case demonstrates the importance of considering electronic vaping-associated lung injury in cases of non-infective lung injury. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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