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

Phan TT, Tran AT, Dinh QM, Trinh TH, Vu VG

Possible ARDS Following Cosmetic Lipolysis: A Case Report Urging Caution in Aesthetic Medicine.

The American journal of case reports 2026 Feb 21;27;e951294 — 2026 Feb 21

Byeon SW, Ban TH, Rhee CK

A Case of Acute Fulminant Fat Embolism Syndrome after Liposuction Surgery.

Tuberculosis and respiratory diseases 2015 Oct;78;423-7 — 2015 Oct — 423-7

Wessman DE, Kim TT, Parrish JS

Acute respiratory distress following liposuction.

Military medicine 2007 Jun;172;666-8 — 2007 Jun — 666-8

Barillo DJ, Cancio LC, Kim SH, Shirani KZ, Goodwin CW

Fatal and near-fatal complications of liposuction.

Southern medical journal 1998 May;91;487-92 — 1998 May — 487-92

Ross RM, Johnson GW

Fat embolism after liposuction.

Chest 1988 Jun;93;1294-5 — 1988 Jun — 1294-5