Implications of electronic cigarette use in COVID-19: a systematic review of the literature ; Implicaciones del uso de cigarrillos electrónicos en COVID-19: una revisión sistemática de la literatura ; Implicações do uso do cigarro eletrônico na COVID-19: uma revisão sistemática da literatura

E-cigarette use can weaken the respiratory system and compromise the immune response, thus, there is greater susceptibility to respiratory infections, such as that caused by COVID-19. In this sense, the objective of this study is to analyze the impact on the infection caused by COVID-19 in young people who use electronic cigarettes. As for the methodology, it is a systematic review of the literature that searched for articles in the Virtual Health Library (BVS), U.S. National Library of Medicine (PubMed) and Google Scholar with the following descriptors: “Vaping” AND “COVID-19”. Of the 321 articles found, 285 were excluded due to escape from the topic, duplicity and unavailability of the full text, and the final corpus consisted of 27 articles, which were categorized into two axes: (I) Effects of electronic cigarettes in increasing the risk of transmission, infection and complications by COVID-19 and (II) Pathophysiology of the consequences of electronic cigarettes in the body. Vaporization is related to the occurrence of serious lung injuries that can cause decreased airway resistance to pathogens, increasing susceptibility to infections and complications from COVID-19. Therefore, it is extremely important to understand the relationship between vaping use and COVID-19 to understand its impact. ; El uso de cigarrillos electrónicos puede debilitar el sistema respiratorio y comprometer la respuesta inmunológica, por lo que existe una mayor susceptibilidad a infecciones respiratorias, como la provocada por el COVID-19. En este sentido, el objetivo de este estudio es analizar el impacto en la infección provocada por el COVID-19 en jóvenes usuarios de cigarrillos electrónicos. En cuanto a la metodología, se trata de una revisión sistemática de la literatura que buscó artículos en la Biblioteca Virtual en Salud (BVS), U. S. National Library of Medicine (PubMed) y Google Scholar con los siguientes descriptores: “Vaping” AND “COVID-19”. De los 321 artículos encontrados, 285 fueron excluidos por evasión del tema, ...