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
Anaphylaxis-Anaphylactoid reaction (can be fatal)
Publications
Immediate and delayed hypersensitivity to systemic corticosteroids: 2 case reports.
Dermatitis : contact, atopic, occupational, drug 2012 Nov-Dec;23;288-90 — 2012 Nov-Dec — 288-90
Anaphylaxis induced by glucocorticoids.
The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice 2005 Mar-Apr;18;143-6 — 2005 Mar-Apr — 143-6
Nakamura H, Matsuse H, Obase Y, Mitsuta K, Tomari S, Saeki S, Kawano T, Kondo Y, Machida I, Shimoda T, Asai S, Kohno S
Clinical evaluation of anaphylactic reactions to intravenous corticosteroids in adult asthmatics.
Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases 2002;69;309-13 — 2002 — 309-13
[Severe anaphylactoid reactions after intravenous corticosteroids. Report of a case and review of the literature].
Therapie 1990 Nov-Dec;45;505-8 — 1990 Nov-Dec — 505-8
Systemic allergic reactions to corticosteroids.
The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma 1991;28;329-39 — 1991 — 329-39