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
Respiratory failure from ventilatory depression (due to neuromuscular blockade/paralysis)
Renal failure may increase the risk of this complication
Publications
Exposure to immediate-release tramadol in children 6 years and under - a nationwide French poison control center study.
Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2022 02 18;;1-9 — 2022 02 18 — 1-9
Layne KA, Dargan PI, Dines AM, Leaper C, Yates C, Hovda KE, Heyerdahl F, Archer JRH, Giraudon I, , Wood DM
jhAcute Toxicity Related to Misuse (Non-Medical Use) of Tramadol: Experience of the European Drug Emergencies Network Plus (Euro-DEN Plus) Project.
British journal of clinical pharmacology 2020 Jun 05;; — 2020 Jun 05
Characterizing the Toxicity and Dose-Effect Profile of Tramadol Ingestions in Children.
Pediatric emergency care 2019 Feb;35;117-120 — 2019 Feb — 117-120
Tramadol overdose and apnea in hospitalized children, a review of 20 cases.
Research in pharmaceutical sciences 2015 Nov-Dec;10;544-52 — 2015 Nov-Dec — 544-52
Tramadol overdose causes seizures and respiratory depression but serotonin toxicity appears unlikely.
Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2015 Jul;53;545-50 — 2015 Jul — 545-50
A case of respiratory depression in a child with ultrarapid CYP2D6 metabolism after tramadol.
Pediatrics 2015 Mar;135;e753-5 — 2015 Mar — e753-5
Acute tramadol poisoning and its clinical and laboratory findings.
Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences 2014 Sep;19;855-9 — 2014 Sep — 855-9
Tramadol-induced apnea.
The American journal of emergency medicine 2013 Jan;31;26-31 — 2013 Jan — 26-31
Tramadol-induced respiratory depression in a morbidly obese patient with normal renal function.
Indian journal of anaesthesia 2011 May;55;318-20 — 2011 May — 318-20
[Respiratory depression after intrathecal injection of tramadol with hyperbaric bupivacaine].
Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie 2006 Nov;53;1161-2 — 2006 Nov — 1161-2
Influence of oral tramadol on the dynamic ventilatory response to carbon dioxide in healthy volunteers.
British journal of anaesthesia 2001 Dec;87;860-5 — 2001 Dec — 860-5
Respiratory depression following oral tramadol in a patient with impaired renal function.
Pain 1997 May;71;111-2 — 1997 May — 111-2