1st Edition

Intravenous Immunoglobulins in Clinical Practice

Edited By Martin L. Lee Copyright 1997

    Recognizing the explosive growth in information on intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIGs), this exhaustive single-source volume surveys all available literature on the employment of IVIG preparations in clinical practice from pharmacoeconomics and pharmacokinetics to prophylaxis and management of infectious and autoimmune diseases.

    Overview

    Pharmacokinetics of Intravenous Immunoglobulins Preparations, Andreas Morell
    Pharmacoeconomics of Intravenous Immunoglobulin, Martin L. Lee and Vibeke Strand
    Proposed Mechanisms for the Efficacy of Intravenous Immunoglobulin Treatment, Vibeke Strand
    Production and Properties of Intravenous Immunoglobulins, John A. Hooper
    Nonviral Side Effects of Intravenous Immunoglobulins, Mario Dicato, C. Duhem, and F. Ries
    Viral Safety of IVIG, Peng Lee Yap
    Alternative Methods for the Administration of Intravenous Immunoglobulins, Martin L. Lee

    Infectious Disease Applications

    IVIG in Bone Marrow Transplantation, Maurice J. Wolin and Robert Peter Gale
    Use of Intravenous Immunoglobulins for the Prevention and Treatment of Viral Infections in Solid Organ Transplantation, Jeffrey A. DesJardin and David R. Snydman
    Intravenous Immunoglobulins Use in the Newborn Infant: Treatment and Prevention of Infection, Rajam S. Ramamurthy
    Use of Intravenous Immunoglobulins in High-Risk Surgical Procedures and in Posttrauma Patients, Giorgio Zanetti and Michel-Pierre Glauser
    Intravenous Gammaglobulin Regimen in HIV-Infected Children: Infection Prophylaxis and Immunomodulation, Arye Rubenstein
    Use of Intravenous Immune Globulin in Adults with HIV Disease, David J. Rechtman
    Treatment of Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases with Gammaglobulin, Richard I. Schiff
    Intravenous Immunoglobulins Treatment for IgG Subclass Deficiency, Thomas F. Smith
    Prevention of Infections in B-Cell Lymphoproliferative Diseases, Helen Griffiths and Helen Chapel
    Etiology and Prevention of Infections Following Thermal Injury, Khan Z. Shirani, George M. Vaughan, Albert T. McManus, Arthur D. Mason, Jr., and Basil A. Pruitt
    Prevention and Treatment of Viral Infection, Martha M. Eibl and Hermann M. Wolf
    Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy of Neonates with Nonpolio Enteroviral Infections, Harry L. Keyserling
    Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Andrew R. Lloyd and Denis Wakefield

    Autoimmune Disease Applications: Pediatric

    Intravenous Gammaglobulin Therapy for Autoimmune Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Neutropenia, and Hemolytic Anemia, James B. Bussel
    Use of IVIG in Kawasaki Syndrome, Marion Melish
    Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, Thomas A. Griffin and Edward H. Giannini
    Intravenously Administered Gammaglobulin for the Prevention or Modulation of Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, John M. Dwyer and Stephen Colagiuri

    Autoimmune Disease Applications: Adult

    Advances in the Treatment of Alloimmune-Mediated Platelet Disorders with Intravenous Immunoglobulins, Thomas S. Kickler
    Guillain-Barré Syndrome, Frans G. A. van der Meché and Pieter A. van Doorn
    Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, Pieter A. van Doorn and Frans G. A. van der Meché
    Intravenous Immunoglobulin in the Management of Myasthenia Gravis, David Grob
    Multiple Sclerosis, Anat Achiron
    Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis, Lori B. Tucker and Earl Silverman
    Use of Intravenous Immunoglobulin in Therapy of Rheumatoid Arthritis, David E. Yocum
    Treatment of System Lupus Erythematosus with Pooled Human Intravenous Immunoglobulin, Stanley C. Jordan
    Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy of Systemic Necrotizing Vasculitis, Leonard H. Calabrese
    Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome, John Newsom Davis
    Intravenous Gammaglobulin in the Treatment of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss, Ann L. Parke
    Intravenous Immunoglobulin and Other Autoimmune Diseases, Martin L. Lee
    Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy in Idiopathic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Douglas S. Levine
    Development of Hyperimmune Immunoglobulins, William J. Lansperger and Roger Lundblad

    Biography

    Martin L. Lee