Utilization of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Pulmonary Toxicity Caused by Inhaled Synthetic Cannabinoid. A Harbinger of Future Complications Associated with Inhaled Cannabinoid Products

作     者：Robert March Paul Guentert Elizabeth Kloska-Kearney David Kwak Cody Yerger Michael McBride J. R. Majewski Ross McCauley Jordan Hatch Jacob Speybroeck Allen Betts Mat Marsee Sufyan Zackariya Faisal Shariff Shivani Patel Ali Sualeh Anthony Thomas Edward Evans Donald Westerhausen Mark Walsh 

作者机构：Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center Mishawaka IN USA Indiana University School of Medicine—South Bend South Bend IN USA Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Methodist Hospital Indianapolis IN USA 

出 版 物：《International Journal of Clinical Medicine》 (临床医学国际期刊（英文）)

年 卷 期：2020年第11卷第2期

页      面：53-61页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Synthetic Cannabinoid Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Mechanical Ventilation Water Pipe Vaping Pulmonary Toxicity 

摘      要：There has been a dramatic increase in medical complications related to synthetic cannabinoid (SC) use either by water pipe or vaping. The legalization of marijuana in an increasing number of states has also resulted in an increase in a number of complications related not just to marijuana, but in particular, to SC. As a result, there have been recent increased reports of acute pulmonary injury related to inhaled SC products. We describe that rarely endotracheal intubation with mechanical ventilation has been required to treat the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and the diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) associated with the acute toxicity of SC inhalation. We describe the second reported case of successful utilization of mechanical ventilation and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in order to treat acute pulmonary toxicity caused by SC inhalation by a water pipe. While the exact pathophysiology of these interesting and recent pulmonary complications is unknown, the recent increase in exposure to SC via water pipe systems and vaping suggests that there will be many more cases of patients that will require ECMO as a form of life-saving therapy.