Jon-Emile S. Kenny MD [@heart_lung] with illustration by Carla M. Canepa MD [@_carlemd_] “Inside the word ‘emergency’ is ‘emerge’; from an emergency, new things come forth." -Rebecca Solnit Case A 32-year-old man is admitted with three days of fevers, chills, malaise, dyspnea and productive cough. He works in a stressful job in the heart of Manhattan and has recently taken to vaping both THC and CBD to assuage his anxiety. One week prior to presentation, he received some ‘dank vape’ from a friend with the added flavour of ‘buttered-popcorn’ prior to attending the TriBeCa Film Festival. He spent the next few days attending many screenings and eating copious amounts of artificially-flavoured popcorn at the theatre. He has leukocytosis with neutrophil predominance and a CXR demonstrating a bilateral, lower-lobe predominant, interstitial pattern. His HIV PCR is negative; he is admitted to the observation unit and initiated on therapy for
Vaping-Associated Lung Injury – Part 1
Vaping-Associated Lung Injury – Part 1
Vaping-Associated Lung Injury – Part 1
Jon-Emile S. Kenny MD [@heart_lung] with illustration by Carla M. Canepa MD [@_carlemd_] “Inside the word ‘emergency’ is ‘emerge’; from an emergency, new things come forth." -Rebecca Solnit Case A 32-year-old man is admitted with three days of fevers, chills, malaise, dyspnea and productive cough. He works in a stressful job in the heart of Manhattan and has recently taken to vaping both THC and CBD to assuage his anxiety. One week prior to presentation, he received some ‘dank vape’ from a friend with the added flavour of ‘buttered-popcorn’ prior to attending the TriBeCa Film Festival. He spent the next few days attending many screenings and eating copious amounts of artificially-flavoured popcorn at the theatre. He has leukocytosis with neutrophil predominance and a CXR demonstrating a bilateral, lower-lobe predominant, interstitial pattern. His HIV PCR is negative; he is admitted to the observation unit and initiated on therapy for