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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Death following exposure or poisoning

Publications

Bartschat S, Mercer-Chalmers-Bender K, Beike J, Rothschild MA, Jübner M

Not only smoking is deadly: fatal ingestion of e-juice-a case report.

International journal of legal medicine 2015 May;129;481-6 — 2015 May — 481-6

Lardi C, Vogt S, Pollak S, Thierauf A

Complex suicide with homemade nicotine patches.

Forensic science international 2014 Mar;236;e14-8 — 2014 Mar — e14-8

Solarino B, Rosenbaum F, Riesselmann B, Buschmann CT, Tsokos M

Death due to ingestion of nicotine-containing solution: case report and review of the literature.

Forensic science international 2010 Feb 25;195;e19-22 — 2010 Feb 25 — e19-22