Single-Center Experience of Outcomes and Prescribing Patterns of IV Immunoglobulin Use in Critically Ill Patients.

ABSTRACT: Previous literature has not compared prescribing practices of IV immunoglobulin in medical ICU survivors and nonsurvivors. The objective of this study was to study IV immunoglobulin use in patients admitted to a medical ICU evaluating differences between hospital survivors and nonsurvivors in regards to level of evidence supporting use, prescribing patterns, and cost.

Design

Retrospective, observational study.

Setting

Single, academic medical center medical ICU.

Patients

Adults who received greater than or equal to 1 dose of IV immunoglobulin during their medical ICU admission from 2011 to 2018.

Interventions

Prescribing patterns, level of evidence supporting use, and cost.

Measurements and main results

A total of 389 patients received greater than or equ

SUBMITTER: Torbic H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7803672 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature