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 (interstitial lung disease/ILD)
Pneumonitis (ILD), acute and/or severe (may cause ARDS)
Eosinophilic pneumonia (pulmonary infiltrates and eosinophilia)
Organizing pneumonia pattern (an area or areas of consolidation on imaging)
Pulmonary fibrosis
ILD with a granulomatous component
Rapidly progressive ILD/pulmonary fibrosis (Hamman-Rich syndrome)
An area or areas of consolidation
XLI - Pulmonary edema - Acute lung injury - ARDS
XLII - Pulmonary/alveolar./airway hemorrhage/bleeding
XLIII - Airway involvement
XLV - Pleural and/or pericardial involvement
XLVIII - Neuromuscular / CNS involvement - Disordered breathing (during sleep)
XLIX - Systemic/Distant conditions, syndromes and reactions
Antiphospholipid antibodies w/wo the APL syndrome
Lupus - Lupus syndrome (see also Vd)
Autoimmunity-Autoimmune conditions (+ANA, +anti-ds-DNA, +ANCAs, other auto-Abs)
Myopathy-Myositis-Polymyositis (see also under Xba)
Sarcoid-like granulomatosis (endo-/extrathoracic)
Vasculitis, pulmonary (w/wo AH), extrapulmonary, systemic: ANCA-positive
LI - Cardiovascular involvement / toxicity
LV - Imaging
LVIII - Pathology
LIX - Infections & related conditions
Respiratory tract infection incl. pneumonia
Opportunistic pulmonary/systemic infections
Aspergillosis, pulmonary (invasive, allergic [ABPA], or mycetoma)
Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia
Tuberculosis, miliary
Tuberculosis (pulmonary, pulmonary, extrapulmonary or disseminated). Reactivation or de novo
Histoplamosis (reactivation)
Coccidioidomycosis