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Published in final edited form as: Lancet Neurol. 2013 Jan 31;12(3):233–243. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(13)70014-0

Table 7.

Individuals in each group experiencing an adverse event

Symptom IVIG (n=42) Placebo (n=14)
Patients with at least one SAE [%] 4 [9.5] 4 [28.6]
  Knee replacement surgery 1 [7.1]
  Gastric antral vascular ectasia 1 [7.1]
  Post surgery delirium and lumbar laminectomy 1 [2.4]
  Stroke/middle cerebral artery infarct 1 [2.4]
  Nausea and vomiting 1 [2.4]
  Acute aggression 1 [7.1]
  Possible seizure 1 [7.1]
  Progressively severe Alzheimer’sdisease 1 [2.4]
Patients with at least one AE [%] 25 [59.5] 9 [64.3]
  Microbleeds 6 [14.3]
  Dizziness 1 [7.1]
  Headache 1 [2.4]
  Paraesthesia 1 [7.1]
  Chills 1 [2.4]
  Influenza-likei llness 1 [2.4]
  Hypoaesthesia 1 [2.4]
  Tremor 1 [2.4]
  CSF white blood cell count increased 1 [7.1]
  Muscle spasms 1 [2.4]
  Atrial fibrillation 1 [7.1]
  Procedural hypertension 1 [2.4]
  Agitation 1 [7.1]
  Actinickeratosis 1 [2.4]
  Hyperkeratosis 1 [2.4]
  Pruritus 1 [2.4]
  Headache 2 [4.8] 1 [7.1]
  Hypoaesthesia 1 [2.4]
  Blood pressure fluctuation 1 [2.4]
  Hypotension 1 [2.4] 1 [7.1]
  AST increased 1 [2.4]
  LDH increased 1 [2.4]
  Hearing impaired 1 [2.4]
  Dyspepsia 1 [2.4]
  Post lumbar punctures yndrome 1 [2.4]
  Haematuria 1 [2.4]
  Infusion site extravasation 1 [2.4]
  Fatigue 1 [2.4]
  Pyrexia 1 [2.4]
  Falls 1 [2.4]