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

VIII.c

Upper airway obstruction other than angioedema or hematoma

Publications

Kao EY, Scalzitti NJ, Dion GR, Bowe SN

Trichobezoar Causing Airway Compromise during Esophagogastroduodenoscopy.

Case reports in medicine. 2015;2015:806857

Rabec C, Kabeya KN, Bonniaud P, Jouve JL, Baudouin N, Favrolt N, Camus C, Camus P

[Difficult weaning due to tracheal compression by an esophageal bezoar].

Revue des maladies respiratoires. 2008;25(3):333-7