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The Drug-Induced Respiratory Disease Website and App

Hydrocarbons (petrochemicals: petroleum, petrolatum, paraffin, vaseline, naphta, jet fuel (kerosene), Diesel, gasoil), ointments, salad oil, variegated oils, butter). Aspirated

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

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Imaging: Pneumatocele or pneumatoceles

Publications

Kadakal F, Uysal MA, Gülhan NB, Turan NG, Bayramo?lu S, Yilmaz V

Fire-eater's pneumonia characterized by pneumatocele formation and spontaneous resolution.

Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey) 2010 Sep;16;201-3 — 2010 Sep — 201-3

Harris VJ, Brown R

Pneumatoceles as a complication of chemical pneumonia after hydrocarbon ingestion.

The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy, and nuclear medicine 1975 Nov;125;531-7 — 1975 Nov — 531-7