Heat-not-burn cigarettes induce fulminant acute eosinophilic pneumonia requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

Conclusion: As far as we know, our patient is the first case of AEP induced by HNBC use successfully treated with ECMO. Emergency physicians must be aware that HNBCs can induce fatal AEP.
PMID: 30560050 [PubMed]

Source: Respiratory Care - December 20, 2018 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Aokage T, Tsukahara K, Fukuda Y, Tokioka F, Taniguchi A, Naito H, Nakao A Tags: Respir Med Case Rep Source Type: research