Acute eosinophilic pneumonia following electronic cigarette use

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports

Volumn 27, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Arter, Zhaohui L ^a   Wiggins, Amanda ^a   Hudspath, Caleb ^a   Kisling, Adam ^a   Hostler, David C ^a   Hostler, Jordanna M ^a  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute eosinophilic pneumonia; Electronic cigarette use; Vaping

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; D DIMER; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ACUTE EOSINOPHILIC PNEUMONIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIAL ALVEOLAR LAVAGE CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY PULMONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CRACKLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUSHING; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG LAVAGE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPUTUM CULTURE; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85063126407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22130071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.100825     Document Type: Article

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