Vaping Cannabis Butane Hash Oil Leads to Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome-A Case of EVALI in a Teenager With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine
Aziez AhmedLara P Nelson

Abstract

A 17-year-old with severe hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) presented to the emergency department with symptoms of cough, shortness of breath, chest pain, and tactile fevers. She was initially admitted to the cardiac floor, and later transferred to the cardiothoracic intensive care unit on day 5 of illness with deterioration over the next week from BiLevel positive airway pressure to endotracheal intubation. The patient met criteria for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Standard ARDS lung-protective strategies were refined in consideration of complications caused by her HCM. Such complications included dynamic cardiac outflow obstruction, myocardial ischemia with tachycardia, elevated pulmonary vascular resistance from diastolic dysfunction, and narrow fluid balance window to reduce pulmonary edema while maintaining adequate left ventricular preload. The patient remained refractory despite broad-spectrum antibiotics requiring multiple vasoactive medications, aggressive ventilator management, and inhaled nitric oxide. Social history revealed "vaping" cannabis with butane hash oil prior to symptom onset. Corticosteroids were initiated 2 weeks after initial presentation (day 9 of mechanical ventilation) with rapid...Continue Reading

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