Vaping and Commitment Flu-B Infection Is a Deadly Combination for Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum
Vaping or E-cigarettes were created to deliver nicotine-containing aerosol to users with a flavoring agent without agents such as tars, oxidant gases, and carbon monoxide smoke found in traditional tobacco cigarettes. The use of E-cigarettes is steadily increasing in the United States, especially am...
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| author | Md Didar Ul Alam Khandakar Hussain Samsone Garedew Muhammad imtiaz |
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| description | Vaping or E-cigarettes were created to deliver nicotine-containing aerosol to users with a flavoring agent without agents such as tars, oxidant gases, and carbon monoxide smoke found in traditional tobacco cigarettes. The use of E-cigarettes is steadily increasing in the United States, especially among the young population. Electronic cigarettes seem capable of causing various injury patterns in the lungs, collectively called E-cigarettes or vaping-associated lung injury (EVALI). Spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM) is a rare finding in EVALI. Here, we report a case of spontaneous pneumomediastinum secondary to vaping in a young man with no past medical history except for daily vaping and a recent untreated influenza infection. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2fd33d5f5fef4e4db95aad8ab46828802025-08-20T02:07:56ZengWileyCase Reports in Pulmonology2090-68462090-68542021-01-01202110.1155/2021/99444919944491Vaping and Commitment Flu-B Infection Is a Deadly Combination for Spontaneous PneumomediastinumMd Didar Ul Alam0Khandakar Hussain1Samsone Garedew2Muhammad imtiaz3Department of Internal Medicine, Conemaugh Medical Memorial Center, Johnstown, PA, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Conemaugh Medical Memorial Center, Johnstown, PA, USADepartment of Hospital Medicine, Conemaugh Medical Memorial Center, Johnstown, PA, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Conemaugh Medical Memorial Center, Johnstown, PA, USAVaping or E-cigarettes were created to deliver nicotine-containing aerosol to users with a flavoring agent without agents such as tars, oxidant gases, and carbon monoxide smoke found in traditional tobacco cigarettes. The use of E-cigarettes is steadily increasing in the United States, especially among the young population. Electronic cigarettes seem capable of causing various injury patterns in the lungs, collectively called E-cigarettes or vaping-associated lung injury (EVALI). Spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM) is a rare finding in EVALI. Here, we report a case of spontaneous pneumomediastinum secondary to vaping in a young man with no past medical history except for daily vaping and a recent untreated influenza infection.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/9944491 |
| spellingShingle | Md Didar Ul Alam Khandakar Hussain Samsone Garedew Muhammad imtiaz Vaping and Commitment Flu-B Infection Is a Deadly Combination for Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum Case Reports in Pulmonology |
| title | Vaping and Commitment Flu-B Infection Is a Deadly Combination for Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum |
| title_full | Vaping and Commitment Flu-B Infection Is a Deadly Combination for Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum |
| title_fullStr | Vaping and Commitment Flu-B Infection Is a Deadly Combination for Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vaping and Commitment Flu-B Infection Is a Deadly Combination for Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum |
| title_short | Vaping and Commitment Flu-B Infection Is a Deadly Combination for Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum |
| title_sort | vaping and commitment flu b infection is a deadly combination for spontaneous pneumomediastinum |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/9944491 |
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