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

XIX.c

BAL: An excess proportion of eosinophils

Publications

LeVee A, Trieu M, Bhattacharyya S, Sandhu G

Eosinophilic pneumonia: A rare manifestation of amiodarone toxicity diagnosed using traditional bronchoscopy.

Respiratory medicine case reports 2019;27;100856 — 2019 — 100856

Sato S, Watanabe K, Ishida T, Yoshikawa M, Kanazawa K, Saito J, Ohtsuka Y, Suzuki H, Maruyama Y, Munakata M

[Amiodarone-induced pneumonitis associated with marked eosinophilia in BALF].

Nihon Naika Gakkai zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2006 Feb 10;95;356-8 — 2006 Feb 10 — 356-8