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
Endocarditis (infective)
Publications
A 33-Year-Old Man With a History of Intravenous Drug Use and Fevers.
Chest. 2016;149(3):e75-7
Nonthrombotic pulmonary embolism: a radiological perspective.
Seminars in ultrasound, CT, and MR. 2012;33(6):522-34
Tricuspid Endocarditis and Septic Pulmonary Embolism in an Intravenous Drug User with advanced HIV Infection.
Oman medical journal. 2011;26(5):365-7
A "strange cough": 3D-echocardiography for diagnosis of late tricuspid valve endocarditis in a former drug addict with septic pulmonary emboli.
International journal of cardiology. 2011;153(1):e15-8
Outcome of patients with injection drug use-associated endocarditis admitted to an intensive care unit.
Journal of critical care. 2010;25(2):248-53
Observations on drug abuse deaths in the State of Maryland.
Journal of forensic sciences. 1996;41(1):106-9
Mycotic aneurysms of the pulmonary arteries in intravenous drug addicts. Report of three cases and review of the literature.
The American journal of medicine. 1984;76(6):1124-31
Right-sided endocarditis in intravenous drug users. Prognostic features in 102 episodes.
Annals of internal medicine. 1992;117(7):560-6