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Generation of Electronic Cigarette Aerosol by a Third-Generation Machine-Vaping Device: Application to Toxicological Studies
Published on: August 25, 2018
Vaping associated spontaneous pneumothorax - A case series of an enigmatic entity!
Obaid Ashraf1, Adeel Nasrullah1, Rahul Karna2
1Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Abstract:
The use of electronic nicotine delivery devices (ENDDs) has risen to an epidemic level among high schoolers and people aged 18-34. To our knowledge there are only 7 reported cases of spontaneous pneumothorax (SP-PTX) associated with vaping, and herein we describe 4 additional cases. We propose identifying this disease process as a novel entity, Vaping-Associated Spontaneous Pneumothorax (VASP). VASP requires early interventional treatment and has a high recurrence rate, and we suggest that vaping cessation and early interventional treatment including tube thoracostomy and surgical treatment is necessary in most cases to prevent recurrences.
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