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
Publications
Fatal Transdermal Fentanyl Patch Overdose in a Child.
Cureus 2020 Jan 23;12;e6755 — 2020 Jan 23 — e6755
Noradrenergic Mechanisms in Fentanyl-Mediated Rapid Death Explain Failure of Naloxone in the Opioid Crisis.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics 2019 Sep 06;; — 2019 Sep 06
Tomassoni AJ, Hawk KF, Jubanyik K, Nogee DP, Durant T, Lynch KL, Patel R, Dinh D, Ulrich A, D'Onofrio G
Multiple Fentanyl Overdoses - New Haven, Connecticut, June 23, 2016.
MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2017 Feb 03;66;107-111 — 2017 Feb 03 — 107-111
Sutter ME, Gerona RR, Davis MT, Roche BM, Colby DK, Chenoweth JA, Adams AJ, Owen KP, Ford JB, Black HB, Albertson TE
Fatal Fentanyl: One Pill Can Kill.
Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2017 01;24;106-113 — 2017 01 — 106-113
Assisted suicide by fentanyl intoxication due to excessive transdermal application.
International journal of legal medicine 2014 Nov;128;949-56 — 2014 Nov — 949-56
Deaths with transdermal fentanyl patches.
The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology 2010 Mar;31;18-21 — 2010 Mar — 18-21
Transdermal fentanyl: pharmacology and toxicology.
Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology 2009 Dec;5;230-41 — 2009 Dec — 230-41
Fentanyl use, misuse, and abuse: a summary of 23 postmortem cases.
Journal of analytical toxicology 2003 Oct;27;499-504 — 2003 Oct — 499-504
Fentanyl-related deaths: demographics, circumstances, and toxicology of 112 cases.
Journal of forensic sciences 1991 Mar;36;422-33 — 1991 Mar — 422-33