Organizing pneumonia related to electronic cigarette use: A case report and review of literature

Clinical Respiratory Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 1295-1299

  Khan, Mohammad Saud ^a   Khateeb, Faisal ^a   Akhtar, Jamal ^b   Khan, Zubair ^a   Lal, Amos ^b   Kholodovych, Veronika ^a   Hammersley, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

aerosols; electronic cigarettes; organizing pneumonia; pulmonary toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRACKLE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TOXICITY; ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; TACHYPNEA; THORAX PAIN; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAPING; WHEEZING; PNEUMONIA; PROCEDURES; SMOKING PREVENTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING PREVENTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VAPING;

EID: 85042379968     PISSN: 17526981     EISSN: 1752699X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/crj.12775     Document Type: Article

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