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The Drug-Induced Respiratory Disease Website and App

Frequency - Incidence

Incidence of respiratory adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as assessed by number of reported/published cases in the literature. Red digits in stars indicate: 0 = Very rare, questionable signal · 1 = < 10 cases · 2 = 10-50 cases · 3 = 50–100 cases · 4 = 100-200 cases · 5 = >200 cases

Evidence level/grade

Evidence level for respiratory adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as estimated using Hill’s (1965), Naranjo’s (1981), and Bégaud’s (1985) criteria applied to published cases. Blue digits in stars indicate: 0 = Questionable · 1 = Low · 2 = Moderate · 3 = Robust · 4 = Definite · 5 = Unquestionable, pathognomonic

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Organizing pneumonia pattern (an area or areas of consolidation on imaging)

Publications

Faria IM, Zanetti G, Barreto MM, Rodrigues RS, Araujo-Neto CA, Silva JL, Escuissato DL, Souza AS Jr, Irion KL, Mançano AD, Nobre LF, Hochhegger B, Marchiori E

Organizing pneumonia: chest HRCT findings.

Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia. 2015;41(3):231-7

Polverosi R, Maffesanti M, Dalpiaz G

Organizing pneumonia: typical and atypical HRCT patterns.

La Radiologia medica. 2006;111(2):202-12

Dodd JD, Lee KS, Johkoh T, Müller NL

Drug-associated organizing pneumonia: high-resolution CT findings in 9 patients.

Journal of thoracic imaging. 2006;21(1):22-6

About I, Lauque D, Levenes H, Mazerolles C, Pujazon MC, Pris J, Carles P

[Alveolar opacities and busulfan pneumonia].

Revue des maladies respiratoires. 1993;10(1):39-41

Heard BE, Cooke RA

Busulphan lung.

Thorax. 1968;23(2):187-93

Podoll LN, Winkler SS

Busulfan lung. Report of two cases and review of the literature.

The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy, and nuclear medicine. 1974;120(1):151-6

Brynes RK, Mostafavipour SH, Fennessy JJ, Variakojis D

Diagnosis of busulfan lung by transcatheter biopsy.

Chest. 1973;64(6):771-3