Epidemic of Vaping Illness Continues

SOURCES: 

Rashelle Bernal, Portland, OR. 

CDC: “Outbreak of Lung Injury Associated with the Use of E-Cigarette, or Vaping, Products,” “New ICD-10-CM code for vaping-related disorder to be implemented April 1, 2020.”

Usha Periyanayagam, MD, MPH, head of clinical product and real-world evidence, Komodo Health. 

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

Karen M. Wilson, MD, MPH, pediatric hospitalist, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY. 

Arun Kannappan, MD, assistant professor of pulmonary sciences and critical care, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine, Aurora. 

Ehab Ali, MD, critical care and pulmonary disease medicine specialist, Louisville, KY.

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

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

Annals of the American Thoracic Society: “The E-cigarette or Vaping Product Use–Associated Lung Injury Epidemic: Pathogenesis, Management, and Future Directions: An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report.”