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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

IX.s

Botulism (foodborne-, wound-)

Publications

Diaz A, Sharma S

A Case of a 34-Year-Old Female with Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure and Proximal Muscle Weakness.

Case reports in critical care. 2017;2017:7941715

Sam AH, Beynon HL

Images in clinical medicine: Wound botulism.

The New England journal of medicine. 2010;363(25):2444

Pujar T, Spinello IM

A 38-year-old woman with heroin addiction, ptosis, respiratory failure, and proximal myopathy.

Chest. 2008;134(4):867-870