The Drug-Induced Respiratory Disease Website and App

Hemodialysis - Chronic renal replacement therapy

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

VI.a

Pulmonary embolism - Venous thrombosis/thromboembolism

Publications

Calderon K, Jhaveri KD, Mossey R

Pulmonary embolism following thrombolysis of dialysis access: is anticoagulation really necessary?

Seminars in dialysis. 2010;23(5):522-5

Smits HF, Van Rijk PP, Van Isselt JW, Mali WP, Koomans HA, Blankestijn PJ

Pulmonary embolism after thrombolysis of hemodialysis grafts.

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN. 1997;8(9):1458-61