An Unusual Complication of Electronic Cigarette Use: Missed Inhaled Foreign Body Causing Acute Respiratory Failure

We present a case of a young woman who was admitted to the hospital with persistent pneumonia and cough productive of purulent green sputum. She was admitted to the intensive care unit due to type 1 respiratory failure. Chest computerised tomography (CT) showed a large right-sided hydropneumothorax,...

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Autores principales: Shiralkar, Saarth, Fletcher, James, Balasubramaniam, Madhu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Pulmonology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8286427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34285842
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15731

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8286427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34285842
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15731

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