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Calhoun K, Wattenbarger L, Burns E, et al. Inhaling Difluoroethane Computer Cleaner Resulting in Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease. Case Rep Nephrol. 2018;2018:4627890doi: 10.1155/2018/4627890.
Calhoun, K., Wattenbarger, L., Burns, E., Hatcher, C., Patel, A., Badam, M., & Khan, A. J. (2018). Inhaling Difluoroethane Computer Cleaner Resulting in Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease. Case reports in nephrology, 20184627890. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/4627890
Calhoun, Kristen, et al. "Inhaling Difluoroethane Computer Cleaner Resulting in Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease." Case reports in nephrology vol. 2018 (2018): 4627890. doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/4627890
Calhoun K, Wattenbarger L, Burns E, Hatcher C, Patel A, Badam M, Khan AJ. Inhaling Difluoroethane Computer Cleaner Resulting in Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease. Case Rep Nephrol. 2018 Jun 07;2018:4627890. doi: 10.1155/2018/4627890. eCollection 2018. PMID: 29977633; PMCID: PMC6011111.
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Case Rep Nephrol. 2018 Jun 07;2018:4627890. doi: 10.1155/2018/4627890. eCollection 2018.

Inhaling Difluoroethane Computer Cleaner Resulting in Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease.

Case reports in nephrology

Kristen Calhoun, Laura Wattenbarger, Ethan Burns, Courtney Hatcher, Amol Patel, Manjulatha Badam, Abdul-Jabbar Khan

Affiliations

  1. Texas A&M College of Medicine, The Methodist Hospital at Houston, 6565 Fannin Street, West Pavilion, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
  2. Houston Methodist Hospital, 6550 Fannin Street, Suite 1101, Smith Tower, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

PMID: 29977633 PMCID: PMC6011111 DOI: 10.1155/2018/4627890

Abstract

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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