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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BAL: Silicone globules in macrophages

Publications

Pastor E, Andreu AL, Chiner E

[Acute pneumonitis and adult respiratory distress syndrome after subcutaneous injection of liquid silicone].

Archivos de bronconeumologia 2005 Dec;41;702-3 — 2005 Dec — 702-3

Kim CH, Chung DH, Yoo CG, Lee CT, Han SK, Shim YS, Kim YW

A case of acute pneumonitis induced by injection of silicone for colpoplasty.

Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases 2003 Jan-Feb;70;104-6 — 2003 Jan-Feb — 104-6