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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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Coronary artery disease (acute) - Myocardial ischemia/infarction

Publications

Richards JR, Bing ML, Moulin AK, Elder JW, Rominski RT, Summers PJ, Laurin EG

Cannabis use and acute coronary syndrome.

Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.). 2019;57(10):831-841

Hodcroft CJ, Rossiter MC, Buch AN

Cannabis-associated myocardial infarction in a young man with normal coronary arteries.

The Journal of emergency medicine. 2014;47(3):277-81

Tormey WP

Cannabis misinterpretation and misadventure in a coroner's court.

Medicine, science, and the law. 2012;52(4):229-30

Montisci M, Thiene G, Ferrara SD, Basso C

Cannabis and cocaine: a lethal cocktail triggering coronary sudden death.

Cardiovascular pathology : the official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology. 2008;17(5):344-6

Daccarett M, Freih M, Machado C

Acute cannabis intoxication mimicking brugada-like ST segment abnormalities.

International journal of cardiology. 2007;119(2):235-6