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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ARDS - Acute lung injury

Publications

Divecha C, Agarwal S, Tullu MS, Deshmukh CT, Agrawal M, Shaikh SSA

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Caused by Mercury Inhalation: A Case Report.

Journal of pediatric intensive care 2015 Sep;4;168-170 — 2015 Sep — 168-170

Y?ld?r?m R, Erdem F, Gündo?du M, Bilen Y, Koca E, Y?ll?ko?lu Y, Sahin YN

Mercury toxicity: a family case report.

Turkish journal of haematology : official journal of Turkish Society of Haematology 2012 Mar;29;76-9 — 2012 Mar — 76-9

Lim HE, Shim JJ, Lee SY, Lee SH, Kang SY, Jo JY, In KH, Kim HG, Yoo SH, Kang KH

Mercury inhalation poisoning and acute lung injury.

The Korean journal of internal medicine 1998 Jul;13;127-30 — 1998 Jul — 127-30

Jaffe KM, Shurtleff DB, Robertson WO

Survival after acute mercury vapor poisoning.

American journal of diseases of children (1960) 1983 Aug;137;749-51 — 1983 Aug — 749-51

Lilis R, Miller A, Lerman Y

Acute mercury poisoning with severe chronic pulmonary manifestations.

Chest 1985 Aug;88;306-9 — 1985 Aug — 306-9

Levin M, Jacobs J, Polos PG

Acute mercury poisoning and mercurial pneumonitis from gold ore purification.

Chest 1988 Sep;94;554-6 — 1988 Sep — 554-6