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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Path: Stainable iron in airway wall (see also IVs)

Publications

Bueno-Sacristán D, Pintado B, Durán-Barata D, Navarro-Cantero A, Mirambeaux RM, Palacios J, Barrios D, Benito A

Acute Dyspnea and Hemoptysis in an 84-Year-Old Man With Multiple Comorbidities.

Chest. 2022;161(2):e97-e101

Keshishyan S, Mohan A, Ahmed S, Dhillon SS, Patil M, Harris K

Airway Obstruction Caused by Iron Pill Aspiration: An Interventional Pulmonology Approach to Prevent Surgery.

Heart, lung & circulation. 2018;27(8):e89-e92

Cimino-Mathews A, Illei PB

Cytologic and histologic findings of iron pill-induced injury of the lower respiratory tract.

Diagnostic cytopathology. 2013;41(10):901-3