E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use-Associated Lung Injury-Lessons Learned: A Case Series. A A Pract 2020 Jun;14(8):e01242
Date
07/10/2020Pubmed ID
32643902Pubmed Central ID
PMC7323836DOI
10.1213/XAA.0000000000001242Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85088067425 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 2 CitationsAbstract
E-cigarette, or vaping, product use has been declared an epidemic, and a new disease has emerged from their use. We describe 4 patients with significant acute lung injury related to e-cigarette use who underwent bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage. All cases posed anesthetic challenges, including increased airway reactivity, hypoxia, increasing oxygen requirements, and, in 2 severe cases, the need for continued postprocedural mechanical ventilatory support. It is imperative that all members of the treating team are aware of the disproportionate risk of respiratory complications to anticipate the possible need for increased postprocedural respiratory support.
Author List
Helm C, Labovsky K, Thakrar PD, Diaz CDAuthors
Christina D. Diaz MD Professor in the Anesthesiology department at Medical College of WisconsinKristen Labovsky MD Assistant Professor in the Anesthesiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Pooja Thakrar MD Associate Professor in the Radiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin
MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdolescentAwareness
Bronchoalveolar Lavage
Bronchoscopy
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems
Female
Humans
Hypoxia
Lung Injury
Male
Radiography, Thoracic
Respiration, Artificial
Respiratory Hypersensitivity
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome
Vaping
