Acute effects and clinical manifestations resulting from the use of electronic cigarettes

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https://doi.org/10.18378/rebes.v12i2.9381

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: Initially developed to assist in the treatment of smoking, Electronic Smoking Devices (ESD), also known as electronic cigarettes, emerged as an alternative theoretically less harmful to health than conventional cigarettes. However, several medical conditions resulting from the popularization of its use have been reported around the world. This review aims to present and discuss the complications and acute effects on human health arising from the use of electronic cigarettes. To this end, a bibliographic search was carried out in the MEDLINE, EMBASE and Web of Science databases, using appropriate descriptors, with the selection of articles published in the period between 2017 and 2021. From the 207 studies initially retrieved from the databases, 20 were selected to compose this work based on pre-established inclusion and exclusion criteria. Current literature describes numerous clinical manifestations associated with the use of DEFs, such as: persistent cough, shortness of breath, epiglottitis, asthma exacerbation, burn injury, trauma, pneumonia, death, among others. In addition, changes arising from the inhalation of e-cigarette vapor in human physiology are also reported, especially in the nervous, cardiac and pulmonary systems. It was found, therefore, that DEFs are not free of risks to human health and, for this reason, their use must be properly regulated by public health managers.

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Lucas Barbosa Sampaio, Centro Universitário Christus – UNICHRISTUS, Fortaleza, Ceará

Graduando em Medicina pelo Centro Universitário Christus – UNICHRISTUS, Fortaleza, Ceará

Ana Beatriz Medeiros de Amorim, Centro Universitário de Patos (UNIFIP), Patos, Paraíba

Médica pelo Centro Universitário de Patos – UNIFIP, Patos, Paraíba

Roberta Arruda de Oliveira, Centro Universitário Christus – UNICHRISTUS, Fortaleza, Ceará

Graduanda em Medicina pelo Centro Universitário Christus – UNICHRISTUS, Fortaleza, Ceará

Nickson Breno Maniçoba, Centro Universitário Christus – UNICHRISTUS, Fortaleza, Ceará

Graduando em Medicina do Centro Universitário Christus (UNICHRISTUS), Fortaleza, Ceará

Tatiana Paschoalette Rodrigues Bachur, Centro Universitário Christus – UNICHRISTUS, Fortaleza, Ceará

Farmacêutica, Mestre em Patologia e Doutora em Farmacologia pela Universidade Federal do Ceará – UFC. Docente do curso de Medicina Centro Universitário Christus – UNICHRISTUS, Fortaleza, Ceará

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2022-07-29

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Sampaio, L. B., Amorim, A. B. M. de ., Oliveira, R. A. de, Maniçoba, N. B. ., & Bachur, T. P. R. (2022). Acute effects and clinical manifestations resulting from the use of electronic cigarettes. Revista Brasileira De Educação E Saúde, 12(2), 219–225. https://doi.org/10.18378/rebes.v12i2.9381

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