ArticleIrish journal of medical science2011
Administering intravenous immunoglobulin during infection is associated with infusion reactions in selected patients.
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- Bench-to-bedside review: Immunoglobulin therapy for sepsis - biological plausibility from a critical care perspective.Critical care (London, England) · 2012Review
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Abstract
backgroundGuidelines vary regarding the safety of administering intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) during infections, although evidence for this advice is lacking and is based on expert opinion.
aimsWe retrospectively studied patients with common variable immunodeficiency who reacted during IVIG therapy as to whether routinely obtained markers of infection such as C-reactive protein (CRP) were elevated.
methods19 patients on replacement IVIG therapy in a hospital-based infusion unit were studied. CRP levels obtained were normalized to baseline levels without reactions (defined as 100).
results8 of 19 patients had 16 reactions over a total of 107 infusions. Normalized CRP levels during reactions were higher [mean (±SD) of 258 (±215)] than during infusions with no reaction [mean 100 (±54.9), p = 0.017], and higher than in patients who did not react [mean 100 (±79.7), p = 0.017].
conclusionsSome patients with IVIG reactions had elevated CRP levels suggesting that concurrent infection may have caused the reaction. Pre-emptive antibiotic therapy and delaying infusion could prevent unnecessary morbidity.
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