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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

VIII.a

Angioedema (may cause UAO, asphyxia and death)

Publications

Westra SW, de Jager CP

Images in clinical medicine. Angioedema of the tongue.

The New England journal of medicine. 2006;355(3):295

Smoger SH, Sayed MA

Simultaneous mucosal and small bowel angioedema due to captopril.

Southern medical journal. 1998;91(11):1060-3

Jett GK

Captopril-induced angioedema.

Annals of emergency medicine. 1984;13(6):489-90

Suarez M, Ho PW, Johnson ES, Perez G

Angioneurotic edema, agranulocytosis, and fatal septicemia following captopril therapy.

The American journal of medicine. 1986;81(2):336-8

Jason DR

Fatal angioedema associated with captopril.

Journal of forensic sciences. 1992;37(5):1418-21