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
Angioedema (may cause UAO, asphyxia and death)
Publications
Toh S, Reichman ME, Houstoun M, Ross Southworth M, Ding X, Hernandez AF, Levenson M, Li L, McCloskey C, Shoaibi A, Wu E, Zornberg G, Hennessy S
Comparative risk for angioedema associated with the use of drugs that target the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system.
Archives of internal medicine. 2012;172(20):1582-9
Angioedema due to the renin inhibitor aliskiren (MAY 2011).
Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine. 2011;78(11):722; author reply 722-3