Chung-Ang University Reports Findings in Pneumonia [E-cigarette-associated Severe Pneumonia in Korea Using Data Linkage between the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES, 2013-2019) and the National Health Insurance …]: Lung Diseases and Conditions – Pneumonia

2021 DEC 29 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Business Daily -- New research on Lung Diseases and Conditions - Pneumonia is the subject of a report. According to news reporting originating in Seoul, South Korea, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “This study aimed to investigate the association between e-cigarette (EC) use and development of acute severe pneumonia in the Korean population using a national database. We conducted a retrospective analysis using linkage of data between the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) and the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) administrative claims database.”

Financial support for this research came from Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Chung-Ang University, “The primary endpoint of this study was development of severe pneumonia requiring hospital admission according to EC use during the study period. The secondary endpoints were in-hospital mortality, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, ventilator care, and days of hospital stay. The final analysis included 28,950 individuals, of which 578 (2.0%) were EC users. EC users were younger and more often male than non-EC users. The EC users showed higher level of education and household income and had fewer comorbidities. Severe pneumonia was noted in 37 of 28,372 non-EC users (0.13%), but there were no occurrences of severe pneumonia in EC users. The incidence of pneumonia occurrence was not different between the two groups ( = 1.000). Since e-cigarette or vaping use-associated lung injury (EVALI) is most likely included in acute severe pneumonia occurring within 3 months of EC use, it is considered that there might be no EVALI patients in Korea during the investigation period.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “A large-scale, prospective study is necessary to evaluate the association between EC use and acute lung injury.”

For more information on this research see: E-cigarette-associated Severe Pneumonia in Korea Using Data Linkage between the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES, 2013-2019) and the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) Claims Database. Journal of Korean Medical Science, 2021;36(48). Journal of Korean Medical Science can be contacted at: Korean Acad Medical Sciences, 302 75 Dong Du Ichon, Dong Yongsan Ku, Seoul 140 031, South Korea.

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Jae Yeol Kim, Dept. of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include Hye Seon Kang, Hye Jung Park, Jae-Woo Jung, Hye Sook Choi, Jong Sook Park, Joo Hun Park, Sang Haak Lee, Eun Mi Chun, Yoojung Cho, Eunhee Rhee and Beom Seuk Hwang.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2021.36.e331. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

The publisher of the Journal of Korean Medical Science can be contacted at: Korean Acad Medical Sciences, 302 75 Dong Du Ichon, Dong Yongsan Ku, Seoul 140 031, South Korea.

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