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electronic cigarette vaping-associated lung injury (VALI, EVALI)
Etiology:
- vitamin E acetate used in illicit vaping preparations of tetrahydrocannabinol [1]
Related
electronic cigarette; e-cigarette; juul; electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS)
General
acute respiratory distress syndrome; acute lung injury (ARDS, ALI)
References
- Blount BC, Karwowski MP, Shields PG et al.
Vitamin E acetate in bronchoalveolar-lavage fluid associated with EVALI.
N Engl J Med 2019 Dec 20;
PMID: 31860793
- Hartnett KP et al.
Syndromic surveillance for e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated
lung injury.
N Engl J Med 2019 Dec 20;
PMID: 31860794