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LVIII - Pathology

Path: Pulmonary edema (see also II/IIa)

Last update 04/03/2015

Bland alveolar edema/flooding. Typical pulmonary edema is acute alveolar flooding with pulmonary congestion but little or no interstitial changes otherwise. Pulmonary edema may accompany severe NSIP and granulomatous ILD

Causative drugs

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