background: drug use evaluation (due) aims at improving the patients’ care. studying the administration pattern of intravenous immunoglobulin (ivig) is an important research topic due to its significant role in the treatment and controlling of many disorders, high prices, and limited availability of this drug. methods: this observational cross-sectional study was conducted at shahid sadoughi ho...

acute renal failure is one of the side effects while using intravenous immunoglobulins. this complication is also observed with iodinated contrast media. herein, we describe a patient with acute renal failure who received intravenous immunoglobulins and iodinated contrast media concomitantly. both drugs are responsible for osmotic nephrosis. the same effect on renal cells may explain a synergis...

conclusions this preliminary study showed that patients with kd and a high kobayashi score are at greater risk of being unresponsive to ivig treatment. further studies, preferably multicenter evaluations, are required in order to understand the exact application of various scoring systems in the management of people with kd in iran. objectives to evaluate the kobayashi scoring system with regar...

The mainstay of treatment of pemphigus vulgaris is systemic corticosteroids. Intravenous immunoglobulins have been reported as an adjuvant corticosteroid-sparing regimen in recalcitrant pemphigus vulgaris. The purpose of the study was to monitor disease activity, serum levels of autoantibodies and doses of oral corticosteroids in 4 patients with recalcitrant pemphigus vulgaris adjuvantly treate...

results during 2014, we encountered five patients with suspicious amr or tma at our kidney transplant center. renal biopsy was performed for two of them, suggesting amr for one patient and tma for another patient. all patients were treated with plasmapheresis plus ivig. in this center, as a routine practice, the cumulative dose of 2 g/kg of ivig was divided to 300 - 400 mg/kg after each plasmap...

BACKGROUND Scleromyxoedema is a variant of papular mucinosis affecting the skin and internal organs. The different therapeutic approaches proposed for scleromyxoedema are still unsatisfactory. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) has been successfully employed in the treatment of connective tissue diseases and vasculitides. PATIENTS The successful treatment of three cases of scleromyxoedema with...