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ArticleBMJ case reports2020

Lung injury from e-cigarette use: a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.

Robert Chapman, Conor D Tweed, Ian Moonsie

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Robert ChapmanRespiratory Medicine Department, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK robert.chapman2@nhs.net.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0093-1086
Conor D TweedRespiratory Medicine Department, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK.
Ian MoonsieRespiratory Medicine Department, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK.
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust · GBMRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 62-year-old man presented with worsening dyspnoea, haemoptysis and reduced exercise tolerance. He was found to be hypoxaemic with bilateral basal opacification on chest imaging, but inflammatory markers, respiratory virus PCR and sputum culture demonstrated no signs of infection. The patient reported having initially mild, yet progressive, symptoms since he started vaping 14 months previously. He was treated with oxygen therapy, supportive care and cessation of vaping. Chest imaging at discharge showed marked improvement of previous bilateral opacification and the patient returned to baseline exercise tolerance, with no oxygen requirement. Vaping is becoming more common in the UK and this case demonstrates the importance of considering electronic vaping-associated lung injury in cases of non-infective lung injury.

Indexed as

Electronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsHumansLung InjuryMaleMiddle AgedOxygen Inhalation TherapyRadiography, ThoracicTomography, X-Ray ComputedVapingpneumonia (respiratory medicine)radiologyrespiratory medicinesmoking and tobaccotobacco related disease

Identifiers

PMID33168537
PMCPMC7654138
OpenAlexW3098742431

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