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Safety and efficacy of low-dose intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) treatment for infants and children with immune thrombocytopenic purpura. Low-Dose IVIG Study Group.

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OBJECTIVE This report presents pooled data from two multicenter studies conducted to assess the efficacy, safety, and tolerance of lower-dose intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) regimens of 250 mg/kg/day, 400 mg/kg/day, and 500 mg/kg/day for 2 days, compared to an established higher-dose regimen of 1

[Clinical effect of gamma globulin pulse therapy for abdominal Henoch-Schönlein purpura in children].

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OBJECTIVE To study the clinical effect of high-dose gamma globulin pulse therapy for abdominal Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP). METHODS Thirty-three children with abdominal HSP were randomly assigned to dexamethasone group (15 children) and gamma globulin group (18 children). The children in the

[Aseptic meningitis induced by high-dose gamma-globulin in an adult woman with antiphospholipid syndrome and chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura].

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It is well known that the administration of high-dose gamma-globulin concentrate is effective in alleviating thrombocytopenia in patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). However, treatment can sometimes induce aseptic meningitis. A 25-year-old Japanese woman with antiphospholipid

Management of patients receiving antithymocyte globulin for aplastic anemia and myelodysplastic syndrome.

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Antithymocyte globulin (ATG) is used commonly in patients with severe aplastic anemia and those undergoing renal transplant. Its utility also is being explored in the treatment of myelodysplastic syndrome, conditioning regimens for hematopoietic stem cell transplant, and prophylaxis of

Intravenous immune globulin in hereditary inclusion body myopathy: a pilot study.

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BACKGROUND Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathy (HIBM) is an autosomal recessive, adult onset, non-inflammatory neuromuscular disorder with no effective treatment. The causative gene, GNE, codes for UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase, which catalyzes the first two reactions

[Moderate aplastic anemia associated with Crohn's disease during antithymocyte globulin treatment].

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A 53-year-old woman with moderate aplastic anemia (AA) was treated with antithymocyte globulin (ATG). However, on the 4th day of treatment, ATG was discontinued because of bloody vomiting and melena. The patient improved with conservative treatment but complained of abdominal pain when the

Polyclonal anti-T-cell globulin as part of the preparative regimen for pediatric allogeneic stem-cell transplantation.

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To prevent graft rejection and graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) after allogeneic stem-cell transplantation (ASCT), 56 children were given polyclonal anti-T-cell globulin (ATG) as part of the conditioning regimen. Of the 56 children in the cohort, 27 had a non-malignant disease and 29 had different

Acute renal failure after large doses of intravenous immune globulin.

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OBJECTIVE To describe a case of acute renal failure after high-dose intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) therapy and the measures undertaken to prevent this complication during subsequent administration. METHODS A 54-year-old white man with valvular cardiomyopathy was receiving large doses (2 g/kg/mo)

Nausea and vomiting associate with increasing maternal androgen levels in otherwise uncomplicated pregnancies.

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BACKGROUND The objective of the present study was to investigate the hypothesis that maternal androgen levels associate with nausea and vomiting in otherwise uncomplicated pregnancies. METHODS One hundred and twenty-nine women with uncomplicated pregnancies, reported nausea and vomiting in weeks 17,

Treatment with high-dose recombinant human hyaluronidase-facilitated subcutaneous immune globulins in patients with juvenile dermatomyositis who are intolerant to intravenous immune globulins: a report of 5 cases.

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BACKGROUND High-dose intravenous immune globulins (IVIg) are frequently used in refractory juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) but are often poorly tolerated. High-dose recombinant human hyaluronidase-facilitated subcutaneous immune globulins (fSCIg) allow the administration of much higher doses of

Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy in relation to prolactin, estrogens, and progesterone: a prospective study.

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OBJECTIVE To assess pregnancy hormone levels in relation to nausea with or without vomiting. METHODS In the context of a prospective cohort study, 262 white pregnant women in Boston were observed through delivery. Maternal blood was collected at 16 and 27 weeks' gestation and serum levels of

Safety and tolerability of immune globulin intravenous in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy.

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BACKGROUND Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) is a common inflammatory neuropathy that can be progressive, stepwise progressive, or relapsing and remitting. OBJECTIVE To further evaluate the long-term safety and tolerability of immune globulin intravenous, 10%

Antithymocyte globulin has limited efficacy and substantial toxicity in unselected anemic patients with myelodysplastic syndrome.

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Antithymocyte globulin (ATG) has recently been popularized as an effective treatment in myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). We treated 8 anemic MDS patients (refractory anemia [RA] and refractory anemia with excess blasts [RAEB-1]) with ATG (40 mg/kg/d for 4 days) and prednisone in a phase 2 trial. The

Therapy of toxic shock syndrome.

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Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is an acute febrile, exanthematous illness associated with multisystem failure including shock, renal failure, myocardial failure and adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). It usually presents with fever, pharyngitis, diarrhoea, vomiting, myalgia, and a scarlet

Thyroid function during pregnancy.

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BACKGROUND This Case Conference reviews the normal changes in thyroid activity that occur during pregnancy and the proper use of laboratory tests for the diagnosis of thyroid dysfunction in the pregnant patient. METHODS A woman in the 18th week of pregnancy presented with tachycardia, increased

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