医学
急性呼吸窘迫综合征
血浆置换术
体外膜肺氧合
重症监护医学
儿科
外科
肺
内科学
免疫学
抗体
作者
Christine Gaik,Christian Arndt,Nadine Mand,Monika Bauck,H. Sitter,Christina C. Westhoff,Iris Bittmann,Hinnerk Wulf
标识
DOI:10.1097/eja.0000000000001983
摘要
Since 2019 when a cluster of cases with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) associated with e-cigarettes in the United States was reported, there have been increasing numbers of reports. Electronic-cigarette or Vaping Use-associated Lung Injury (EVALI) represents a recent entity of respiratory clinical syndromes, primarily in young adults. We report a previously healthy 16-year-old boy who developed severe ARDS following a brief nonspecific prodromal phase after excessive consumption of e-cigarettes. Despite maximum intensive care therapy, including several weeks of venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, plasmapheresis and repeated administration of immunoglobulins seemed the only way to achieve therapeutic success. Although many case reports have been published, to our knowledge, there are none to date on the therapeutic use of plasmaphoresis in severe EVALI. This case highlights the clinical features of EVALI and the diagnostic dilemma that can arise with EVALI occurring against the background of an expired SARS-CoV-2 infection, with a paediatric inflammatory syndrome (PIMS) as differential diagnosis. EVALI is a diagnosis of exclusion, and the medical history of vaping and e-cigarette use can provide valuable clues. Ethical approval for this case report (protocol number 23–145 RS) was provided by the Ethical Committee of the Department of Medicine, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany on 13 th of June 2023. Written informed consent to publish this case and the associated images was obtained from the patient and his mother.
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