Acute lung injury-from cannabis to COVID

Recent world events have refocused attention on the pathology associated with clinical acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The vast majority of cases of clinical ARDS will have diffuse alveolar damage (DAD) histologically, but other histologies may occur less frequently. The aim of this paper is to provide a review of the pathology of DAD and acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia and provide insights into the pathologic features associated with the E-cigarette/vaping-associated lung-injury outbreak and the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

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This paper aims to review the pathology of clinical ARDS, focusing on diffuse alveolar damage (DAD) and acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia, as well as to provide insights into the pathologic features associated with the outbreak of lung injury caused by e-cigarette/vaping and the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.