Table 6.
Clinical presentations of IVIG-related adverse reactions.
| ARs | All patients | Autoimmune diseases | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Neuromuscular diseases | Other# | ||||||
| Patients n = 37 |
Infusions n = 102 |
Patients n = 33 |
Infusions n = 97 |
Patients n = 19 |
Infusions n = 65 |
Patients n = 14 |
Infusions n = 32 |
|
| Headache | 19 (51.4) | 43 (42.2) | 19 (57.6) | 43 (44.3) | 14 (73.7) | 32 (49.2) | 5 (35.7) | 11 (34.4) |
| Fever | 20 (54.1) | 48 (47.1) | 17 (51.6) | 44 (45.4) | 11 (57.9) | 30 (46.2) | 6 (42.9) | 14 (43.8) |
| Flu-like symptoms | 6 (16.2) | 9 (8.8) | 5 (15.2) | 8 (8.2) | 3 (15.8) | 5 (7.7) | 2 (14.3) | 3 (9.4) |
| Hypertension | 1 (2.7) | 1 (1.0) | 1 (3.0) | 1 (1.0) | 1 (7.1) | 1 (3.1) | ||
| Dyspnea | 1 (2.7) | 1 (1.0) | 1 (3.0) | 1 (1.0) | 1 (5.3) | 1 (1.5) | ||
| Chest pain | 2 (5.4) | 2 (2.0) | 2 (6.1) | 2 (2.1) | 2 (10.5) | 2 (3.1) | ||
| Rash | 4 (10.8) | 4 (3.9) | 3 (9.1) | 3 (3.1) | 3 (21.4) | 3 (9.4) | ||
ARs, adverse reactions. All table values are n (%).
#Other of autoimmune diseases are those without neuromuscular manifestations.