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
Effusive-constrictive pericarditis
Publications
Between a Rock and a Hard Place. A Late Complication of Thoracic Radiation Therapy.
Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2016;13(1):122-6
Effusive-constrictive pericarditis.
The New England journal of medicine. 2004;350(5):469-75
Poor outcome in radiation-induced constrictive pericarditis.
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics. 1993;25(2):329-31