intravenous immunoglobulin

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intravenous immunoglobulin

Abbreviation: IVIG
A solution containing concentrated human immunoglobulins (antibodies), primarily IgG. IVIG has numerous uses in health care, including as replacement therapy for patients with primary immune deficiencies; as a treatment for those with Kawasaki disease, bullous pemphigoid, Guillain-Barré syndrome, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, and other immune-mediated illnesses; and as a means of providing patients with passive immunity against infectious diseases.
See also: immunoglobulin
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Treatment with IV IG (2 g/kg) and high-dose aspirin was started.
The different cutaneous presentations in three cases of Kawasaki disease as confounding factor of diagnosis
However, a lower dose of steroids, up to 20 mg/day, along with IV Ig or Anti D may help prevent steroid related side effects.
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in pregnancy & neonatal effects--a case report
Therapy Outcome 1 -- Complete resolution 2 -- Resolution with residual weakness 3 IV Ig Resolution at HEV clearance 4 IS modification Resolution with residual motor deficit 5 IS cessation, Complete resolution foscavir, IV Ig 6 IS modification, No improvement IV Ig 7 Peg-IFN/ribavirin Complete resolution * HEV, hepatitis E virus; -, no specific therapy; IV Ig, intravenous immunoglobulins; IS, immunosuppressant, Peg-IFN, pegylated interferon.
Hepatitis E virus and neurologic disorders
continue IV Ig and discharge to ward tomorrow if patient remains stable".
Communication failure in the intensive care unit--learning from a near miss
It is recommended that the bone marrow be examined before steroid therapy is given [2,3] A brief course of high-dose prednisone is an inexpensive about more than three times cheaper than IV IG acute ITP (11) but the only drawback is the procedure of bone marrow biopsy for marrow examination which is painful and is more acceptable when performed under general anaesthesia [3] But Geddis AE [9] et al.
ICH which is luckily very rare) but in combination with iv methylprednisolone and or IV IG [2,3].
Reply to Ozsoylu S., Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) in childhood
The patient later experienced two relapses, and she was treated with IV Ig.
1,2) Currently, IV Ig and corticosteroid therapy are considered first-line treatments.
Remission of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy following adenotonsillectomy. (Original Article)

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