Inhaling Difluoroethane Computer Cleaner Resulting in Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease
Difluoroethane is the active ingredient in various computer cleaners and is increasingly abused by teenagers due to its ease of access, quick onset of euphoric effects, and lack of detectability on current urine drug screens. The substance has detrimental effects on various organ systems; however, i...
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| author | Kristen Calhoun Laura Wattenbarger Ethan Burns Courtney Hatcher Amol Patel Manjulatha Badam Abdul-Jabbar Khan |
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| description | Difluoroethane is the active ingredient in various computer cleaners and is increasingly abused by teenagers due to its ease of access, quick onset of euphoric effects, and lack of detectability on current urine drug screens. The substance has detrimental effects on various organ systems; however, its effects on the kidneys remain largely unreported. The following case report adds new information to the developing topic of acute kidney injury in patients abusing difluoroethane inhalants. In addition, it is one of the first to show a possible relationship between prolonged difluoroethane abuse and the development of chronic kidney disease in the absence of other predisposing risk factors. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0863090a74874cb6885e116466829fcf2025-02-03T06:42:19ZengWileyCase Reports in Nephrology2090-66412090-665X2018-01-01201810.1155/2018/46278904627890Inhaling Difluoroethane Computer Cleaner Resulting in Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney DiseaseKristen Calhoun0Laura Wattenbarger1Ethan Burns2Courtney Hatcher3Amol Patel4Manjulatha Badam5Abdul-Jabbar Khan6Texas A&M College of Medicine, The Methodist Hospital at Houston, 6565 Fannin Street, West Pavilion, Houston, TX 77030, USATexas A&M College of Medicine, The Methodist Hospital at Houston, 6565 Fannin Street, West Pavilion, Houston, TX 77030, USAHouston Methodist Hospital, 6550 Fannin Street, Suite 1101, Smith Tower, Houston, TX 77030, USAHouston Methodist Hospital, 6550 Fannin Street, Suite 1101, Smith Tower, Houston, TX 77030, USAHouston Methodist Hospital, 6550 Fannin Street, Suite 1101, Smith Tower, Houston, TX 77030, USAHouston Methodist Hospital, 6550 Fannin Street, Suite 1101, Smith Tower, Houston, TX 77030, USAHouston Methodist Hospital, 6550 Fannin Street, Suite 1101, Smith Tower, Houston, TX 77030, USADifluoroethane is the active ingredient in various computer cleaners and is increasingly abused by teenagers due to its ease of access, quick onset of euphoric effects, and lack of detectability on current urine drug screens. The substance has detrimental effects on various organ systems; however, its effects on the kidneys remain largely unreported. The following case report adds new information to the developing topic of acute kidney injury in patients abusing difluoroethane inhalants. In addition, it is one of the first to show a possible relationship between prolonged difluoroethane abuse and the development of chronic kidney disease in the absence of other predisposing risk factors.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4627890 |
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| title | Inhaling Difluoroethane Computer Cleaner Resulting in Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease |
| title_full | Inhaling Difluoroethane Computer Cleaner Resulting in Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease |
| title_fullStr | Inhaling Difluoroethane Computer Cleaner Resulting in Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Inhaling Difluoroethane Computer Cleaner Resulting in Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease |
| title_short | Inhaling Difluoroethane Computer Cleaner Resulting in Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease |
| title_sort | inhaling difluoroethane computer cleaner resulting in acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4627890 |
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