Lung Injury
Q&A: Uncovering how vaping additives injure lungs, impact breathing
Back in 2019, the CDC declared e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury an epidemic and later expressed confidence in the additive, vitamin E acetate, being strongly linked to this outbreak.
Understanding risk factors, progression of interstitial lung abnormalities
Knowing that interstitial lung abnormalities heighten interstitial lung disease and all-cause mortality risk, it is important that pulmonologists know how to recognize and distinguish these abnormalities.
Presentation of vaping-related lung injury has changed since initial epidemic
HONOLULU — Recently diagnosed patients with e-cigarette- or vaping-associated lung injury, or EVALI, were younger and less critically ill than those from earlier in the epidemic, according to research presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.
FDA grants orphan drug designation to inhaled therapy for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
The FDA granted orphan drug designation for KB408 for the treatment of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, according to a press release from Krystal Biotech.
Q&A: Medical TV shows contribute to views on vaping-related lung injury
Medical drama television episodes with narratives about e-cigarette- or vaping-associated lung injury — or EVALI — garnered more than 600 reactions from viewers on Twitter, according to a study published in Journal of Health Communication.
E-cigarette use rose amid outbreak of vaping-associated lung injury
E-cigarette use significantly increased among younger adults from 2019 to 2021, a time that spanned an outbreak of e-cigarette- or vaping-associated lung injury, known as EVALI, according to researchers at the American Cancer Society.
Top news of February: Insight on poor oxygenation in COVID-19, respiratory muscle training
Healio compiled the most-read news in pulmonology posted in February.
Researchers discover possible mechanism for poor oxygenation in severe COVID-19
Researchers observed immunoglobulin A autoantibodies that target lung surfactant proteins B and C in patients with severe COVID-19, according to study results published in American Journal of Respiratory Medicine and Critical Care.
Q&A: Expanding knowledge, awareness of vaping-related lung injury
Since the CDC declared e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury, or EVALI, an epidemic in 2019, researchers have been working to understand its causes and harms and how to stimy the rise of this disease.
Vaping-associated lung injury tied to long-term respiratory disability, mood disorders
Patients with e-cigarette- or vaping-associated lung injury, or EVALI, frequently showed long-term cognitive impairment, respiratory limitations and mood disorders, according to a study published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.