Epidemic of Vaping Sickness Continues

SOURCES: 

Rashelle Bernal, Portland, OR. 

CDC: “Outbreak of Lung Damage Related to the Use of E-Cigarette, or Vaping, Merchandise,” “New ICD-10-CM code for vaping-related dysfunction to be carried out April 1, 2020.”

Usha Periyanayagam, MD, MPH, head of medical product and real-world proof, Komodo Well being. 

Devika Rao, MD, pediatric pulmonology specialist, UT Southwestern Medical Middle, Dallas. 

Karen M. Wilson, MD, MPH, pediatric hospitalist, College of Rochester Medical Middle, Rochester, NY. 

Arun Kannappan, MD, assistant professor of pulmonary sciences and significant care, College of Colorado Anschutz College of Medication, Aurora. 

Ehab Ali, MD, essential care and pulmonary illness medication specialist, Louisville, KY.

Rachel Boykan, MD, pediatric hospitalist, Stony Brook Kids’s, Stony Brook, NY. 

Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, PhD, director, Stanford Attain Lab.

Annals of the American Thoracic Society: “The E-cigarette or Vaping Product Use–Related Lung Damage Epidemic: Pathogenesis, Administration, and Future Instructions: An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report.”