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Vaping-associated pulmonary injury (VAPI), [4] also known as vaping-associated lung injury (VALI) [1] or e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (E/VALI), [2] [a] is an umbrella term, [15] [16] used to describe lung diseases associated with the use of vaping products that can be severe and life-threatening. [3]
A 2020 review stated "Initial case reports of vaping-related lung injury date back to 2012, but the ongoing outbreak of EVALI began in the summer of 2019..." [11] At least 19 cases of vaping-associated pulmonary injuries had been reported worldwide prior to 2019. [12] Similar cases were reported in the UK and Japan before the outbreak. [13]
Almost two dozen people in the Midwest have been hospitalized with severe breathing difficulties linked to vaping, and doctors aren't sure why. 22 people have been hospitalized with vaping-linked ...
A Maryland teen is raising awareness about the dangers of vaping through Instagram posts of her damaged lungs.
A 2015 clinician's guide stated that 5 minutes of vaping considerably increased lung airflow resistance. [85] A 2013 review concluded that a single e-cigarette increased airway resistance. [135] A 2014 study reported higher levels of exhaled nitric oxide, which was associated with lung inflammation. [136]
Vaping has slightly declined among teens. The use of e-cigarettes among high schoolers decreased from 14.1% to 10% from 2022 to 2023, the 2023 National Youth Tobacco Survey found.
Reacting to the new findings, Dr. Albert Rizzo, chief medical officer for the American Lung Association, who did not conduct the study, found it intriguing that vapes had an effect regardless of ...
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a type of lung infection that occurs in people who are on mechanical ventilation breathing machines in hospitals. As such, VAP typically affects critically ill persons that are in an intensive care unit (ICU) and have been on a mechanical ventilator for at least 48 hours.