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

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Overload pulmonary edema (including posttransfusional (TACO))

Publications

Ray P, Riou B, Beigelman C, Badachi Y

Case reports of death after nonionic iodine contrast medium injection during spiral computed tomography scan performed for suspected pulmonary embolism.

The American journal of emergency medicine 2006 Jul;24;497-9 — 2006 Jul — 497-9