Vitamin E Acetate in Bronchoalveolar-Lavage Fluid Associated with EVALI

C. Blount, Benjamin; P. Karwowski, Mateusz; G. Shields, Peter; Morel-Espinosa, Maria; Valentín-Blasini, Liza; Gardner, Michael; Braselton, Martha; R. Brosius, Christina; T. Caron, Kevin; M. Chambers, David; Corstvet, Joseph; A. Cowan, Elizabeth; R. De Jesús, Víctor; Espinosa, Paul; Fernández, Carolina; Holder, Cory; Kuklenyik, Zsuzsanna; D Kusovschi, Jennifer; A. Newman, Cody; B. Reis, Gregory; Rees, Jon; C. Reese, C.; Silva, Lalith; Seyler, Tiffany; Song, Min‐Ae; S. Sosnoff, Connie; R. Spitzer, Carleen; S. Tevis, Denise; Wang, Lanqing; Watson, Cliff; D. Wewers, Mark; Xia, Baoyun; T. Heitkemper, Douglas; Ghinai, Isaac; E. Layden, Jennifer; A. Briss, Peter; A. King, Brian; Delaney, Lisa; M. Jones, Christopher; Baldwin, Grant; Patel, Anita; Meaney‐Delman, Dana; A. Rose, Dale; Krishnasamy, Vikram; R. Barr, John; Thomas, Jerry; L. Pirkle, James

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1916433

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Vitamin E Acetate in Bronchoalveolar-Lavage Fluid Associated with EVALI

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Dec 20, 2019

Authors:

Benjamin C. Blount

Mateusz P. Karwowski

Peter G. Shields

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The causative agents for the current national outbreak of electronic-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) have not been established. Detection of toxicants in bronchoalveolar-lavage (BAL) fluid from patients with EVALI can provide direct information on exposur...

Subject

Bronchoalveolar lavage

Medicine

Lung

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