Electronic cigarettes are a popular, easily purchased, alternative source of nicotine that is considered safer than conventional tobacco. However, Intentional or accidental exposure to e-liquid substances, mainly nicotine, can lead to serious, potentially fatal toxicity. Emergency and critical care physicians should keep in mind acute intoxication of this poison with a biphasic toxic syndrome. We highlight its potentially fatal outcome and suggest monitoring the adverse effects of nicotine according to a multimodal protocol integrating somatosensory evoked potentials, electroencephalography and neuroimaging data with anamnestic report and toxicological and laboratory data.

Severe Neurological Nicotine intoxication by e-cigarette liquids: Systematic Literature Review / Scarpino, Maenia; Rosso, Tiziana; Lanzo, Giovanni; Lolli, Francesco; Bonizzoli, Manuela; Lazzeri, Chiara; Mannaioni, Guido; Baronti, Roberto; Fattapposta, Francesco; Grippo, Antonello. - In: ACTA NEUROLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. - ISSN 0001-6314. - STAMPA. - 0:(2020), pp. 0-10. [10.1111/ane.13338]

Severe Neurological Nicotine intoxication by e-cigarette liquids: Systematic Literature Review

Scarpino, Maenia;Lanzo, Giovanni;Lolli, Francesco;Bonizzoli, Manuela;Mannaioni, Guido;Baronti, Roberto;Grippo, Antonello
2020

Abstract

Electronic cigarettes are a popular, easily purchased, alternative source of nicotine that is considered safer than conventional tobacco. However, Intentional or accidental exposure to e-liquid substances, mainly nicotine, can lead to serious, potentially fatal toxicity. Emergency and critical care physicians should keep in mind acute intoxication of this poison with a biphasic toxic syndrome. We highlight its potentially fatal outcome and suggest monitoring the adverse effects of nicotine according to a multimodal protocol integrating somatosensory evoked potentials, electroencephalography and neuroimaging data with anamnestic report and toxicological and laboratory data.
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Scarpino, Maenia; Rosso, Tiziana; Lanzo, Giovanni; Lolli, Francesco; Bonizzoli, Manuela; Lazzeri, Chiara; Mannaioni, Guido; Baronti, Roberto; Fattappo...espandi
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