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
I - Interstitial/parenchymal lung disease
Pneumonitis (ILD)
Pneumonitis (ILD), acute and/or severe (may cause ARDS)
Eosinophilic pneumonia (pulmonary infiltrates and eosinophilia)
Progression, acceleration or exacerbation of preexisting ILD/fibrosis
Radiation recall pneumonitis
Unilateral interstitial lung disease
Exacerbation of preexisting/underlying RA-ILD
II - Pulmonary edema - Acute lung injury - ARDS
III - Pulmonary/alveolar./airway hemorrhage/bleeding
IV - Airway involvement
VII - Pulmonary vasculopathy
IX - Neuromuscular / CNS involvement - Disordered breathing (during sleep)
X - Systemic/Distant conditions, syndromes and reactions
Antiphospholipid antibodies w/wo the APL syndrome
Lupus - Lupus syndrome (see also Vd)
Anaphylaxis-Anaphylactoid reaction (can be fatal)
Protracted, prolonged anaphylaxis
Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss)
Myopathy-Myositis-Polymyositis (see also under Xba)
Vascultis (pulmonary, extrathoracic or systemic)-ANCA status unknown or negative)
Vasculitis, pulmonary (w/wo AH), extrapulmonary, systemic: ANCA-positive
Polyarteritis nodosa-like condition
Anti-Jo-1 syndrome
A flare of preexisting immune-mediated systemic/rheumatic disease
IgA vasculitis
Anti Jo1 syndrome
XI - Miscellaneous
XII - Cardiovascular involvement / toxicity
Left or biventricular dysfunction/failure
Pericardial effusion (w/wo tamponade)
Myocarditis (can be fulminant)
Relapse of previously diagnosed myocarditis
Takotsubo (stress) cardiomyopathy
Coronary artery disease (acute) - Myocardial ischemia/infarction
Eosinophilic myocarditis
Constrictive pericarditis - Pericardial thickening
Cardiac arrhythmias or dysrhythmias (AF, VT, VF, TdP)
Pericarditis (see also under XIIc)
Cardiac- cardiorespiratory/pulmonary arrest
Cardiotoxicity
Myopericarditis (see under XIIc/d/g)