Electronic cigarettes and lung toxicity
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...These are limited to bronchiectasis, eosinophilic pneumonia, pleural effusion, and suspected hypersensitivity pneumonitis [7, 8]....
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...There exists very few reported cases of pulmonary complications of e-cigarettes and these are limited to hypersensitivity inhalational injury, pneumonitis, and acute eosinophilic pneumonia [7]....
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...Lerner et al exposed mice to either room air or e-cigarette aerosols for 5 hours per day for three consecutive days.(19) The mice then underwent bronchoalveolar lavage to measure cytokine production and lung homogenization to measure changes in glutathione levels....
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...8% over the same time period.(3) Due to this increase in use, clinicians should be aware of the potential effects e-cigarettes have on the respiratory system....
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...Flouris et al enrolled 30 subjects in two cohorts; one cohort included fifteen smokers who smoked greater than fifteen cigarettes a day and the other cohort included fifteen never smokers.(4) Smokers were exposed to e-cigarette vapor consistent with the level of nicotine found in two traditional cigarettes, while never smokers were exposed to passive levels of e-cigarette vapor consistent with that of a bar/restaurant with e-cigarette use....
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...In addition, the flavoring chemicals in e-cigarettes, especially sweet or cinnamon e-liquid, can contain diacetyl, a compound linked to respiratory injury.(9) The long term effects of exposure are unknown, and documented acute adverse effects on the lungs from e-liquid exposure have been limited to infrequent case reports and abstracts (Table)....
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