TY - JOUR
T1 - A Man in His 20s With Diffuse Lung Opacities and Acute Respiratory Failure After Hookah Smoking
AU - Kang, Mohleen
AU - Raj, Vishal
AU - Berman, Andrew R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 American College of Chest Physicians
PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - A man in his 20s with no medical history presented with 2 days of progressively worsening shortness of breath accompanied by subjective fevers, chills, body aches, decreased appetite, night sweats, and cough producing nonbloody sputum. He denied childhood lung diseases, allergies, or a family history of lung disease. He did not smoke cigarettes but had smoked hookah in Saudi Arabia before moving to the United States 1 month before presentation and had restarted 2 days before the start of symptoms. He denied travel outside of the northeastern United States. He did not take medications, use illicit drugs, or engage in high-risk behavior.
AB - A man in his 20s with no medical history presented with 2 days of progressively worsening shortness of breath accompanied by subjective fevers, chills, body aches, decreased appetite, night sweats, and cough producing nonbloody sputum. He denied childhood lung diseases, allergies, or a family history of lung disease. He did not smoke cigarettes but had smoked hookah in Saudi Arabia before moving to the United States 1 month before presentation and had restarted 2 days before the start of symptoms. He denied travel outside of the northeastern United States. He did not take medications, use illicit drugs, or engage in high-risk behavior.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.chest.2016.10.009
DO - 10.1016/j.chest.2016.10.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 27938776
AN - SCOPUS:85002912753
SN - 0012-3692
VL - 150
SP - e175-e178
JO - CHEST
JF - CHEST
IS - 6
ER -