Table 1.
Case Number | 1 | 2 | 3 |
---|---|---|---|
Age | 50 | 33 | 35 |
Gender | Female | Male | Male |
Race | White | White | African American |
Marital status | Single | Single | Single |
Employment status | Unemployed | Full-time | Unemployed |
Smoking history | Former smoker, about 35PY, quit 4 months ago and started E-cigarettes; no marijuana. | Never smoker; no marijuana. | Former smoker, about 0.25pack/day, quit 1.5 years ago; smokes marijuana daily since then. |
Length of vaping history | 4 months | 2 years | One episode of vaping 2 months before admission, with dyspnea thereafter |
Product | Unknown | THC | Marijuana |
Last day of vaping | Unknown | One day prior to admission | The day before admission |
Brand | Unknown | Changed supplier recently | Unknown |
Table 2. All three patients were relatively young (age < 50), of mixed gender (2/3 male, 1/3 female), and mixed race (2/3 Caucasian, 1/3 African American). All had a prior vaping history utilizing non-THC and THC-containing products for a range of 4 months to 2 years. The onset of the symptoms consistently occurred following the vaping of products of unknown origin purchased illicitly. Abbreviations: PY – pack years; THC – tetrahydrocannabinol.