Cause of exposure |
Accidental access* | 77 (95) | 4 (57) | 2 (11) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (5) | 85 (45.7) |
Handling device† | 0 (0) | 1 (14) | 3 (17) | 1 (14) | 1 (3) | 4 (10) | 10 (5.4) |
Intentional inappropriate use | 0 (0) | 1 (14) | 1 (6) | 1 (14) | 2 (6) | 2 (5) | 7 (3.8) |
Making e-juice | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) |
E-cigarette malfunction | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 2 (11) | 0 (0) | 7 (23) | 7 (17) | 17 (9.1) |
Mistaken identity‡ | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (14) | 4 (13) | 6 (14) | 12 (6.4) |
Spill | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 1 (6) | 2 (29) | 4 (13) | 5 (12) | 13 (7.0) |
Usual e-cigarette use | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 7 (39) | 1 (14) | 10 (32) | 7 (17) | 25 (13.4) |
Other/not recorded | 1 (1) | 1 (14) | 2 (11) | 1 (14) | 2 (6) | 9 (21) | 16 (8.6) |
Vehicle of exposure |
E-cigarette device | 19 (23) | 0 (0) | 12 (67) | 3 (43) | 19 (61) | 21 (50) | 74 (39.8) |
E-cigarette cartridge | 11 (14) | 1 (14) | 1 (6) | 1 (14) | 1 (3) | 2 (5) | 17 (9.1) |
Bottled e-juice | 50 (62) | 6 (86) | 5 (28) | 3 (43) | 11 (35) | 18 (43) | 93 (50.0) |
Other/not recorded | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | 2 (1.1) |
Route of exposure§ |
Dermal | 6 (7) | 1 (14) | 2 (11) | 2 (29) | 4 (13) | 7 (17) | 22 (11.8) |
Ingestion | 72 (89) | 6 (86) | 8 (44) | 4 (57) | 14 (45) | 18 (43) | 122 (65.6) |
Inhalation | 2 (2) | 0 (0) | 8 (44) | 1 (14) | 10 (32) | 7 (17) | 28 (15.0) |
Nasal | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) |
Ocular | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (6) | 9 (21) | 12 (6.4) |
Vaginal | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | 1 (0.5) |
Symptoms present¶ |
Yes | 9 (11) | 3 (43) | 16 (89) | 4 (57) | 27 (87) | 28 (67) | 87 (46.8) |
No | 54 (67) | 4 (57) | 1 (6) | 2 (29) | 2 (6) | 7 (17) | 70 (37.6) |
Not recorded | 18 (22) | 0 (0) | 1 (6) | 1 (14) | 2 (6) | 7 (17) | 29 (15.6) |
Care trajectory |
Managed outside of health care facility** | 50 (62) | 6 (86) | 12 (67) | 6 (86) | 24 (77) | 33 (79) | 131 (70.4) |
Treated/evaluated at health care facility and released | 22 (27) | 0 (0) | 2 (11) | 0 (0) | 5 (16) | 3 (7) | 32 (17.2) |
Admitted to noncritical care unit | 2 (2) | 1 (14) | 2 (11) | 1 (14) | 1 (3) | 1 (2) | 8 (4.3) |
Admitted to critical care unit | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) |
Lost to follow-up | 6 (7) | 0 (0) | 2 (11) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 5 (12) | 14 (7.5) |