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
Death following exposure or poisoning
From acute asthma attack or from cardias disturbances in poisoning
Publications
An unusual death in an asthmatic patient.
The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology 2003 Sep;24;271-2 — 2003 Sep — 271-2
Sudden death in asthmatics receiving beta-blockers.
South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde 1982 Aug 28;62;308-9 — 1982 Aug 28 — 308-9
[Acute poisoning caused by beta blockers in the adult. Apropos of 7 cases].
Annales de cardiologie et d'angeiologie 1983 Jun;32;253-8 — 1983 Jun — 253-8