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
Path: Alveolar hemorrhage (see also IIIa)
Publications
Refractile foreign material deposits and alveolar hemorrhage in crack cocaine smoker.
Respiratory medicine case reports 2015;16;48-50 — 2015 — 48-50
Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage temporally related to cocaine smoking.
Chest 1988 Feb;93;427-9 — 1988 Feb — 427-9