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
Constrictive pericarditis - Pericardial thickening
Review at 24092234
Publications
Effusive-constrictive pericarditis.
The New England journal of medicine. 2004;350(5):469-75
A case of refractory bilateral pleural effusion due to post-irradiation constrictive pericarditis.
Respirology (Carlton, Vic.). 2002;7(4):365-8
Pathology of radiation-induced heart disease: a surgical and autopsy study of 27 cases.
Human pathology. 1996;27(8):766-73
Poor outcome in radiation-induced constrictive pericarditis.
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics. 1993;25(2):329-31
[Pericardiectomy: a challenge, a reality. The surgical experience of the Instituto Nacional de Cardiología "Ignacio Chávez"].
Archivos del Instituto de Cardiologia de Mexico. 1993;63(5):403-6