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. 2025 Mar 31;51(1):e20240163.
doi: 10.36416/1806-3756/e20240163.

The hidden dangers of electronic cigarettes: e-cigarette, or vaping, product-use associated lung injury requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Anna Maria Garcia Cardoso  1 , Wanessa Nayane Alves Rabelo  1 , Stephan Adamour Soder  1 , Fabíola Adélia Perin  1 , Spencer Marcantonio Camargo  1
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The hidden dangers of electronic cigarettes: e-cigarette, or vaping, product-use associated lung injury requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Anna Maria Garcia Cardoso et al. J Bras Pneumol. .
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Figure 1. In A and B, axial CT scans of the chest of a male patient hospitalized with e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury. In C and D, axial CT scans of the lower lobes. In E and F, sagittal CT scans. In G and H, coronal CT scans. The scans on the left (E and G) were performed two days after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation removal, and the scans on the right (F and H) were performed two days before hospital discharge.
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