An RCT of acute health effects in COPD-patients after passive vape exposure from e-cigarettes

Autor: Karin Rosenkilde Laursen, Jakob Hjort Bønløkke, Elisabeth Bendstrup, Merete Bilde, Marianne Glasius, Vibeke Heitmann Gutzke, Shamjad Puthukkadan Moosakutty, Anna-Carin Olin, Peter Ravn, Kirsten Østergaard, Torben Sigsgaard
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: European Clinical Respiratory Journal, Vol 8, Iss 1 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2001-8525
20018525
DOI: 10.1080/20018525.2020.1861580
Popis: Background: E-cigarette use has been shown to have short-term acute effects among active users but less is known of the acute passive effects, particularly among individuals with existing respiratory diseases. Objective: To investigate local and systemic effects of short-term passive vape exposure among patients with mild or moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Methods: In a double-blinded crossover study 16 non-smoking COPD-patients (mean age 68) were randomly exposed for 4 h to passive vape (median PM2.5: 18 µg/m3 (range: 8–333)) and clean air (PM2.5
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