E-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (EVALI): case series and diagnostic approach -

E-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (EVALI): case series and diagnostic approach
Information type: Other primary research
Source: The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
Specialities: Respiratory disorders
Summary
This study reports 12 cases of vaping associated lung injury at a single centre. 67% required admission to the ICU for hypoxaemic respiratory failure, though no deaths occurred. All patients completing follow up (6 patients) had resolution of CT findings and normal spirometry.
UKMi comment
A separate study reported in the Lancet (60 patients with lung injury associated with e-cigarettes or vaping seen in an integrated health system based in Utah) found that 55% were admitted to the ICU and despite improvement, and at short-term follow-up many patients had residual abnormalities.
Related links: Lancet study