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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Emerg Radiol. 2020 May 28;27(5):495–501. doi: 10.1007/s10140-020-01796-z

Table 1.

Demographics, clinical characteristics, treatment, and clinical course

Demographics
Median age at presentation (range)—year 16 (15–18)
Male sex—no./total no. (%) 9/11 (82)
Race—no./total no. (%)
 White 10/11 (91)
 Other 1/11 (9)
History of asthma 6/11 (55)
E-cigarette reported use—no./total no. (%)
 THC only 10/11 (91)
 Nicotine only 8/11 (73)
 Both THC and nicotine 7/11 (64)
 Other (CBD, cigarette smoking) 5/11 (45)
Admission to intensive care unit—no./total no. (%) 5/11 (45)
Median length of hospital stay (range)—days 5 (2–10)
Symptoms at presentation—no./total no. (%)
 Respiratory related symptom 10/11 (91)
 Gastrointestinal related symptom 11/11 (100)
 Constitutional symptoms 11/11 (100)
Initial laboratory results—no./total no. (%)
 White blood cell count (> 11,000/μL) 7/11 (64)
 C-reactive protein > 0.9 mg/dL 6/6 (100)
 Erythrocyte sedimentation rate > 30 mm/h 8/8 (100)
Respiratory viral panel PCR—no./total no. (%)
 Rhinovirus positive 3/11 (27)
 Negative 8/11 (73)
Urine drug screen—no./total no. (%)
 THC positive 10/11 (91)

PCR, polymerase chain reaction; THC, tetrahydrocannabinol; CBD, cannabidiol