Nuts and Bolts of Subcutaneous Therapy.
Clinical Decision-Making
Disease Management
Disease Susceptibility
Drug Monitoring
Humans
Immunization, Passive
/ adverse effects
Immunoglobulins
/ administration & dosage
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
Infusions, Subcutaneous
Injections, Subcutaneous
Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
/ diagnosis
Treatment Outcome
Immune deficiency
Immunoglobulin replacement therapy
SCIG
Subcutaneous infusion
Journal
Immunology and allergy clinics of North America
ISSN: 1557-8607
Titre abrégé: Immunol Allergy Clin North Am
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8805635
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2020
08 2020
Historique:
entrez:
14
7
2020
pubmed:
14
7
2020
medline:
16
6
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Immunoglobulin replacement therapy is standard of care in treatment of many primary immunodeficiency diseases. The goal of replacement therapy is to reduce infections in individuals with primary immune deficiency and improve their quality of life. Immunoglobulin replacement therapy is most often lifelong, therefore ease of administration is vital for adherence to treatment. Self-infusion via subcutaneous intravenous immunoglobulin (SCIG) allows patient input to design an individualized and optimal treatment plan. Because SCIG regimens are flexible and allow for increased autonomy, patients receiving SCIG report improved quality of life. This article summarizes the dosing, administration, and adverse event management of SCIG infusions.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32654697
pii: S0889-8561(20)30022-9
doi: 10.1016/j.iac.2020.04.002
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Immunoglobulins
0
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
527-537Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Disclosure C. Duff: CSL Behring, nurse consultant; Takeda, presenter; Grifols, nurse consultant. M. Ballow: physician advisory board and speaker bureau for CSL Behring, Takeda, and Grifols; consulting medical director for the Immune Deficiency Foundation; Data Safety Monitoring Board, Prometic, Glenmark.