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
Laryngospasm (a.k.a. laryngismus)
Publications
Drug-induced movement disorders in children at paediatric emergency department: 'dystonia'.
Emergency medicine journal : EMJ 2013 Feb;30;130-3 — 2013 Feb — 130-3
Acute respiratory distress due to antipsychotic drugs.
Pharmacopsychiatry 2010 May;43;118-9 — 2010 May — 118-9
Postneuroleptic laryngeal dyskinesias: a cause of upper airway obstructive syndrome improved by local injections of botulinum toxin.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society 1993 Apr;8;217-9 — 1993 Apr — 217-9