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

III.a

Alveolar hemorrhage (AH), diffuse AH (DAH)

Publications

Dupont H, Timsit JF, Souweine B, Gachot B, Bedos JP, Wolff M

Intra-alveolar hemorrhage following bipedal lymphography.

Intensive care medicine. 1996;22(6):614-5

Wiertz LM, Gagnon JH, Anthonisen NR

Intrapulmonary hemorrhage with anemia after lymphography.

The New England journal of medicine. 1971;285(24):1364-5