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

XV.c

Path: Organizing pneumonia (OP/BOOP) pattern (see also Id)

Publications

Kirby S, Satoskar A, Brodsky S, Pope-Harman A, Nunley D, Hitchcock C, Pelletier R, Ross P, Nadasdy T, Shilo K

Histological spectrum of pulmonary manifestations in kidney transplant recipients on sirolimus inclusive immunosuppressive regimens.

Diagnostic pathology. 2012;7:25

Roberts RJ, Wells AC, Unitt E, Griffiths M, Tasker AD, Allison ME, Bradley JA, Watson CJ

Sirolimus-induced pneumonitis following liver transplantation.

Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society. 2007;13(6):853-6

Howard L, Gopalan D, Griffiths M, Mahadeva R

Sirolimus-induced pulmonary hypersensitivity associated with a CD4 T-cell infiltrate.

Chest. 2006;129(6):1718-21

Chhajed PN, Dickenmann M, Bubendorf L, Mayr M, Steiger J, Tamm M

Patterns of pulmonary complications associated with sirolimus.

Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases. 2006;73(3):367-74

Morelon E, Stern M, Israël-Biet D, Correas JM, Danel C, Mamzer-Bruneel MF, Peraldi MN, Kreis H

Characteristics of sirolimus-associated interstitial pneumonitis in renal transplant patients.

Transplantation. 2001;72(5):787-90