E-cigarette or Vaping Product Use-Associated Lung Injury Presenting as Sub-Acute Hypoxemia Without Increased Work of Breathing
Abstract A 15-year-old male with a history of mild intermittent asthma presented with fatigue, coughing, vomiting and anorexia which was progressive in nature over the past month. The patient was found to have evolving chest x-ray infiltrates bilaterally, and hypoxemia without accessory muscle use. The patient was placed on non-invasive continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for hypoxemia. A CT scan showed bilateral infiltrates in a pattern consistent with E-cigarette or Vaping product use-Associated Lung Injury (EVALI). Upon further history taking,
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