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The Drug-Induced Cardiotoxicity Website and App

Frequency - Incidence

Incidence of cardiac 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 cardiac 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

X.b

Pulmonary edema, noncardiogenic (NCPE)

Publications

Nicol JJ, Yarema MC, Jones GR, Martz W, Purssell RA, MacDonald JC, Wishart I, Durigon M, Tzemis D, Buxton JA

Deaths from exposure to paramethoxymethamphetamine in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada: a case series.

CMAJ open. 2015;3(1):E83-90

Maury E, Darondel JM, Buisinne A, Guitton C, Offenstadt G

Acute pulmonary edema following amphetamine ingestion.

Intensive care medicine. 1999;25(3):332-3

Albertson TE, Walby WF, Derlet RW

Stimulant-induced pulmonary toxicity.

Chest. 1995;108(4):1140-9