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
Fat/oil embolism - The FES embolism syndrome
Publications
Acute respiratory distress following intravenous injection of an oil-steroid solution.
Canadian respiratory journal 2011 Jul-Aug;18;e59-61 — 2011 Jul-Aug — e59-61
Acute lung injury probably associated with infusion of propofol emulsion.
Anaesthesia 2007 Aug;62;835-7 — 2007 Aug — 835-7
Fatal fat embolism following amphotericin B lipid complex injection.
Experimental and molecular pathology 2004 Dec;77;246-8 — 2004 Dec — 246-8
Life-threatening adverse event after amphotericin B lipid complex treatment in a patient treated previously with amphotericin B deoxycholate.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 1998 Apr;26;1016 — 1998 Apr — 1016