Up in Smoke: A Not So Benign Trend

In this course, Dr. Anita Singh reviews a case and clinical manifestations suggestive of vaping-associated lung injury (VALI), reviews the epidemiology of VALI, explains the proposed mechanism and review the known health effects of VALI, reviews the diagnosis and management of VALI, and discusses the future and challenges of the vaping epidemic.

Target Audience

Internal Medicine Physicians, Family Medicine Physicians, Obstetricians, Hospitalists, Fellows, Physician Assistants/Physician Associates, Residents, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, Nurses, Clinical Laboratory Personnel, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and all other interested healthcare providers

Learning Objectives

  • Review clinical cases and manifestations suggestive of vaping associated lung injury (VALI).
  • Review the epidemiology of VALI.
  • Explain the proposed mechanism and review the known health effects of VALI.
  • Review the diagnosis and management of VALI.
  • Discuss the future and challenges of the vaping epidemic.
Additional information
Bibliography: 

Balmes, J. R. (2019). Vaping-induced acute lung injury: an epidemic that could have been prevented. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 200(11), 1342-1344.

Jonas, A. M., & Raj, R. (2020). Vaping-related acute parenchymal lung injury: a systematic review. Chest, 158(4), 1555-1565.

Layden, J. E., Ghinai, I., Pray, I., Kimball, A., Layer, M., Tenforde, M. W., ... & Meiman, J. (2020). Pulmonary illness related to e-cigarette use in Illinois and Wisconsin. New England journal of medicine, 382(10), 903-916.

Nemeh, H., Coba, V., Chulkov, M., Gupta, A., Yeldo, N., Chamogeorgakis, T., ... & Shanti, C. (2021). Lung transplantation for the treatment of vaping-induced, irreversible, end-stage lung injury. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 111(5), e353-e355.

Mughal, M. S., Dalmacion, D. L. V., Mirza, H. M., Kaur, I. P., Cruz, M. A. D., & Kramer, V. E. (2020). E-cigarette or vaping product use associated lung injury, (EVALI)-A diagnosis of exclusion. Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 31, 101174.

Course Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.25 ABIM Medical Knowledge
  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.25 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.25 Florida Board of Pharmacy
Course opens: 
05/30/2025
Course expires: 
05/29/2028

Faculty

Anita Singh, D.O., MBA
Pulmonologist and Intensivist
Pulmonary and Sleep Associates of South Florida
Clinical Affiliate Professor, Pulmonary Medicine
Florida Atlantic University Schmidt School of Medicine
Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Boca Raton, Florida

Anita Singh, D.O., MBA, faculty for this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose, and has indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage. 

*Ineligible companies – Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.
              
Baptist Health South Florida designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.25 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Your participation information will be shared with specialty boards through the ACCME's PARS reporting system. Successful completion of a course examination is required. Submissions are recorded in approximately 48 hours. You will receive an email when your credits have been processed.

Through an agreement between the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, medical practitioners participating in the Royal College MOC Program may record completion of accredited activities registered under the ACCME’s “CME in Support of MOC” program in Section 3 of the Royal College’s MOC Program.

Available Credit

  • 1.25 ABIM Medical Knowledge
  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.25 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.25 Florida Board of Pharmacy
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Your participation information will be shared with specialty boards through the ACCME's PARS reporting system. Successful completion of a course examination is required. Submissions are recorded in approximately 48 hours. You will receive an email when your credits have been processed.

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