The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says it’s investigating more than 450 cases of severe lung illnesses believed to be linked to vaping. CBS News’ Dean Reynolds has the story of one teen who barely survived.
Please see our most recent update to vaping associated lung injury (on Vitamin E Acetate and the CDC update) here: https://youtu.be/Y8USqAzo2HA
Vaping & E-Cigarette related illnesses & deaths have gathered significant media attention. Join Dr. Seheult of https://www.MedCram.com as he illustrates key points about vaping and E cigarette-related acute pulmonary illness & disease symptoms, diagnosis, CXR, and CT scan findings that we understand at this time. More information and studies are needed as vaping deaths and hospitalizations in 2019 continue to rise (some are calling it a “vaping epidemic”). See the second video in this series on the treatment of vaping associated pulmonary injury: https://youtu.be/7TO7Cfi_o38.
See our updated video on vaping associated lung injury here (on Vitamin E Acetate and the CDC update): https://youtu.be/Y8USqAzo2HAon (November 19, 2019)
Links to articles from the New England Journal of Medicine referenced in this video:
Pulmonary Illness Related to E-Cigarette Use in Illinois and Wisconsin — Preliminary Report: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1911614
Vaping-Induced Lung Injury: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe1912032?query=recirc_mostViewed_railB_article
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