TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Vaping: CDC investigation continues after patient dies from severe lung injuries
JO  - BMJ
A1  - Rimmer, Abi
A1  - Iacobucci, Gareth
SP  - l5320
EP  - l5320
VL  - 366
IS  - 
N2  - <p>The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investigating whether a death and almost 200 cases of severe lung illness are related to electronic cigarette use. Abi Rimmer and Gareth Iacobucci explore the situation in the US and the UK    How many cases have there been?  On 23 August the CDC reported that a patient had died after being hospitalised with an unexplained respiratory illness after reported vaping or e-cigarette use. The case is the first death linked to vaping to be reported in the US and followed a spate of reports of severe lung illness which officials said were linked to vaping. As of 23 August, 193 cases of severe lung illness had been reported by 22 states.1    How old are those affected?  In Illinois, the patient that died was an adult, officials said, but other patients in the state were aged between 17 and 38 and most have been …</p>  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0959-535X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l5320
ID  - ref1
ER  -