Table 5. Most commonly reported serious adverse events in intent-to-treat population in study of treatments for West Nile virus central nervous system disease, by treatment arm*.
Serious adverse event | Omr-IgG-am, n = 37 | Polygam, n = 12 | Normal saline, n = 13 | Total, n = 62 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Respiratory failure | 8 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
Neurologic event or mental status decline | 1 | 11 | 1 | 13 |
Cardiac event | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Anemia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Leukopenia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Urinary tract infection | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Pneumonia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Pulmonary embolism | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Atelectasis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Pleural effusion | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Other |
9 |
2 |
1 |
12 |
Total |
29 |
25 |
9 |
63 |
*Values are no. patients. |