ArticleSAGE open medical case reports2020
Vaping in today's pandemic: E-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury mimicking COVID-19 in teenagers presenting with respiratory distress.
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- Development of the Respiratory System During Adolescence.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Review
- E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use Associated Lung Injury: Epidemiology, Challenges, and Implications With COVID-19.Pediatric pulmonology · 2025Review
- A Scoping Review on the Medical and Recreational Use of Cannabis During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Cannabis and cannabinoid research · 2022Article
- A Comprehensive Review of Vaping Use in Pediatric Patients and Recent Changes in Regulatory Laws.The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics : JPPT : the official journal of PPAG · 2022Article
- Influence of the domestic COVID-19 pandemic on the pediatric emergency department.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Cannabis Vaping Among Youth and Young Adults: a Scoping Review.Current addiction reports · 2022Article
- COVID-19 and the Manoeuvres of the Tobacco Industry.Maedica · 2021Article
- Multiple clinical risks for cannabis users during the COVID-19 pandemic.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2021Article
- Effects of E-Cigarette Exposure on Prenatal Life and Childhood Respiratory Health: A Review of Current Evidence.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Review
- Analytical methods for the identification of micro/nano metals in e-cigarette emission samples: a review.Chemicke zvesti · 2021Review
- Cigarette Smoke Exposure, Pediatric Lung Disease, and COVID-19.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Review
- Symptoms COVID 19 Positive Vapers Compared to COVID 19 Positive Non-vapers.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
- Characterizing Gas Exchange Physiology in Healthy Young Electronic-Cigarette Users with HyperpolarizedInternational journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseArticle
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Abstract
The clinical presentation of children and adolescents infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 can range from asymptomatic to mild or moderate manifestations. We present a case series of three adolescents who presented during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic with symptoms concerning for COVID-19, including fever, abdominal symptoms, cough, respiratory distress, and hypoxemia. Their laboratory results showed elevated inflammatory markers that are also commonly seen in COVID-19. The chest imaging studies mimicked COVID-19 with non-specific ground glass opacities and interstitial prominence patterns. However, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 testing was negative and further questioning of these adolescents and their parents revealed a history of vaping marijuana-related products leading to the eventual diagnosis of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury. Our patients were successfully treated with corticosteroids. The providers caring for pediatric patients, especially adolescents, should continue to have a high index of suspicion for e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury in patients presenting with unexplained respiratory failure, while ruling out COVID-19.
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