Electronic Cigarette-Related Lung Injury

New data published in The New England Journal of Medicine and Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report suggest a decline in the number of new cases of e-cigarette- or vaping-associated lung injury, also referred to as EVALI, but health officials are now concerned about readmissions after hospital discharge.

Healio Pulmonology has compiled a list of articles highlighting news and research on smoking, e-cigarettes and more.

Vitamin E acetate appears to be a common link among the products containing THC used by patients with electronic cigarette- or vaping-associated lung injury, or EVALI, in Minnesota, according to a report published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

As the outbreak of electronic cigarette- or vaping-associated lung injuries, or EVALI, continues, CDC has updated its interim guidance to help clinicians diagnose and treat patients with the condition in light of the approaching 2019-2020 influenza season.

As of Aug. 17, 94 possible cases of severe respiratory disease associated with use of e-cigarettes, or vaping, including 30 cases in Wisconsin, have been reported in 14 states from June 28 to Aug. 15, according to the CDC.