Abstract

Awareness of the detrimental effects of vaping on the respiratory system has significantly increased in the last few years. In July 2019 the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and the Illinois Department of Public Health established the definitions for e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI); it was mostly attributed to the flavoring agents containing vitamin E acetate which in the aerosol form causes surfactant dysfunction. The diagnosis and management of severe EVALI still remain a challenge as the presentation can be easily confused with many other respiratory conditions. There are no guidelines regarding the management of those patients and outcomes vary from total resolution to development of chronic lung disease.

We present a patient with EVALI and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) that was successfully treated with steroids.

Keywords: EVALI, ARDS, acute respiratory failure, ICU, vaping, e-cigarette, public health, young adults, United States

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Urlapu, K. S., Venkatram, . S., Soliman, M., Ronderos, D., & Diaz-Fuentes, G. (2023). Acute Respiratory Failure Due to Vaping-Induced Lung Injury: A Case Report and Management Review. International Journal of Innovative Research in Medical Science, 8(09), 420–425. https://doi.org/10.23958/ijirms/vol08-i09/1749

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Copyright © 2023 Kinnera Sahithi Urlapu Sindhaghatta Venkatram Maryam Soliman Diana Ronderos Gilda Diaz-Fuentes this is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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