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Internal medicine journal · Jul 2023
A retrospective review of Immunology patients with primary and/or secondary immunodeficiency, demonstrating the benefits of the rapid transitioning from intravenous immunoglobulin to subcutaneous immunoglobulin at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Therese Boyle, Reina Zaragoza, Jamma Li, Vera Cvetanovski, Phillippa Weaver, Philip Hoyle, Venkatesha Venkatesha, and Suran L Fernando.
- Clinical Immunology Department, Level 3, ASB, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Intern Med J. 2023 Jul 1; 53 (7): 125612601256-1260.
AbstractForty-four of 50 immunology patients with primary or secondary immunodeficiency receiving intravenous immunoglobulin at a hospital in New South Wales, Australia, were rapidly enrolled in the subcutaneous immunoglobulin (SCIg) programme at the onset of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Health and economic outcomes demonstrated that SCIg provides clinical efficacy as evidenced by the number of infections and maintenance of IgG levels, and also facilitates cost reduction in immunoglobulin maintenance programmes.© 2023 Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
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