Ismail Abdel-Latif S, Imaduddeen Tahir, Ibrahim Wanis H
Internal Medicine Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
Cureus. 2021 Sep 25;13(9):e18269. doi: 10.7759/cureus.18269. eCollection 2021 Sep.
Vaping (i.e., the use of electronic cigarettes) has been gaining popularity among people for the past few years, perhaps due to the misconception that its use is less harmful than traditional cigarettes. Although the long-term effects of these products are still unknown, it has been shown that they can be implicated in acute lung injury in healthy people. In 2019, an epidemic of severe acute lung injury was reported in the United States, and it was linked to vaping or electronic cigarette use and was referred to as e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI). Here, we present the first case of EVALI in the state of Qatar.
在过去几年里,吸电子烟(即使用电子烟)在人群中越来越流行,这可能是由于一种误解,即认为吸电子烟比传统香烟危害小。尽管这些产品的长期影响尚不清楚,但已有研究表明,它们可能会导致健康人出现急性肺损伤。2019年,美国报告了一场严重急性肺损伤的流行疫情,该疫情与吸电子烟或使用电子烟有关,被称为电子烟或吸电子烟产品使用相关肺损伤(EVALI)。在此,我们报告卡塔尔首例EVALI病例。