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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ARDS - Acute lung injury

Publications

Horiuchi-Yamamoto Y, Gemma A, Taniguchi H, Inoue Y, Sakai F, Johkoh T, Fujimoto K, Kudoh S

Drug-induced lung injury associated with sorafenib: analysis of all-patient post-marketing surveillance in Japan.

International journal of clinical oncology 2013 Aug;18;743-9 — 2013 Aug — 743-9