Index

Terms starting with the letter A

Terms starting with the letter A
Term	Page
abbreviations	218-21
acantholysis	166
acquired haemophilia	191-2
acquired hypogammaglobulinaemia	48-54
acquired von Willebrand syndrome	191-2
acronyms	218-21
acute disseminated encephalomyelitis	115-18
acute leukaemia in children	185
acute optic neuritis	214
acute rheumatic fever	214
Additional levels of evidence and grades for recommendations for guideline developers	40
adrenoleukodystrophy	214
adult respiratory distress syndrome	178
Adverse Drug Reactions Advisory Committee	26
Advisory Committee on Prescription Medicines	26
AIDS	215
see also HIV-related conditions alcohol precipitation	28
alphabetical index of conditions	253-61
amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia	214
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis	215
ANCA-positive idiopathic rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis	119
ANCA-positive systemic necrotising vasculitis	119-22
antibody mediated rejection	153
anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody	119
antiphospholipid syndrome	214, 216
aplasia	203-4
aplastic anaemia	214
Approved Recipients	22
assessment of evidence	39-40
asthma	214
atopic dermatitis	214
Australia
IVIg availability in	11-12, 19-21
IVIg products in	28
supply and demand for IVIg	30
Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council see also blood and blood products committee	12, 17, 233
Australian Health Ministers Conference see also Standing Council on Health	17, 230-2, 252
Australian Healthcare Associates	235
Australian Red Cross Blood Service	19
Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods	19, 25
autism	214
autoimmune congenital heart block	186
autoimmune haemolytic anaemia	123-5, 133-5
autoimmune neutropenia	187
autoimmune uveitis	188-9
autologous haemopoietic stem cell transplantation	214

Terms starting with the letter B

Terms starting with the letter B
Term	Page
Behçet’s disease	215
bibliography	225–6
Biotext Pty Ltd	39, 234, 248–9
Blood and Blood Products Committee	12, 31
blood stewardship principles	231–2
bronchiectasis	113
bullous pemphigoid	126–7

Terms starting with the letter C

Terms starting with the letter C
Term	Page
cancers, conditions related to	164
cardiac surgery with bypass	215
cataplexy	216
catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome	189-90
cerebrospinal fluid protein elevation	63
cervical lympadenopathy	80
childbirth, see pregnancy-related and neonatal conditions
children, see paediatric conditions
chromatographic separation	27-8
chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy	58-61, 148
chronic lymphocytic leukaemia	48
chronic suppurative lung disease	56, 108, 113
Churg–Strauss syndrome	119
cicatricial pemphigoid	129-32
Clinical, Technical & Ethical Principal Committee	18
clinical consultations	243
clinical criteria	239-40
coagulation factor inhibitors	191-2
coagulopathy	178
Cohn process	24
condition proforma	41, 238
congestive cardiac failure	215
consensus process	250-1
contact information	5
contributors	243
coronary artery aneurysms	79-82
Criteria
currency of	4
development and maintenance of	36–44, 233–43
first edition of	36-7
structure of	3-4
Criteria Resolution Group	37
criteria review, 2010-11:	37-44
Crohn’s disease	215
CSL Biotherapies Australia	21, 24, 30
Curling, John	24

Terms starting with the letter D

Terms starting with the letter D
Term	Page
dermatomyositis	73-8
desmoglein 1:	166
Devic disease	193
diabetic amyotrophy	194
diabetic lumbosacral radiculoplexus neuropathy	194
diabetic proximal neuropathy	194
Diamond Blackfan syndrome	215
diffuse macular rash	179
diplopia	92
disclaimer	ii
discussion paper	237
dosage regimens	3, 44
dysphagia	74-5, 92

Terms starting with the letter E

Terms starting with the letter E
Term	Page
eczema	214
end stage renal disease	153
epidermolysis bullosa acquisita	194
epilepsy	194
erythematous macular rash	179
European Medicines Agency	26
Evans syndrome	133-5
evidence, assessment of	39-40
evidence of benefit categories	40, 241
Evidence Statement Form	39-40, 249
Evidence-based practice workbook	39, 248
exclusion criteria	41
executive summary	11-14
experimental allergic encephalomyelitis	115
exposure draft	239-40

Terms starting with the letter F

Terms starting with the letter F
Term	Page
female infertility	215
filtration of viruses	27
foeto-maternal/neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia	136-40
funding for blood sector	16-17
funding policy statement	228-9

Terms starting with the letter G

Terms starting with the letter G
Term	Page
gangrene	178
glomerulonephritis	215
glossary of terms	222-4
governance of blood products supply	17-18
Graves ophthalmopathy	195
Guillain-Barré syndrome	62-5

Terms starting with the letter H

Terms starting with the letter H
Term	Page
haemolytic disease of the newborn	196
haemolytic transfusion reaction	197
haemolytic uraemic syndrome	215
haemophagocytic syndrome	141-3
haemotopoietic stem cell transplantation	107
Hashimoto encephalopathy	197
Henoch–Schonlein purpura	215
HIV-related conditions	67, 70, 215
How to review the evidence	39, 248
hyperlordosis	99
hypotension	178-9

Terms starting with the letter I

Terms starting with the letter I
Term	Page
iatrogenic immunodeficiency	106–9
idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy	215
idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura	66–72, 144–7
IgA nephritis	215
IgM paraproteinaemic neuropathy	148-51
immune thrombocytopenic purpura	104
immunoadsorption, responses to	58
immunodeficiency, evidence of	42-3
immunoglobulin replacement therapy	105
immunoglobulins, see intravenous immunoglobulin
immunomodulation therapy	43, 105
inclusion body myositis	73–8
index of conditions	6–10
individual experts	5, 245
inflammatory myopathies	73–8
international supply and demand	30, 33–4
intravenous immunoglobulin
cost of	32
definition of	16
guidelines for use of	2
imports of	11, 21
in Australia	28
manufacture of	11, 20-1
production of	24-8
supply and demand	30-4
IVIg, see intravenous immunoglobulin
IVIg Working Party	235-7

Terms starting with the letter J

Terms starting with the letter J
Term	Page
Jurisdictional Blood Committee	4, 13, 18, 37, 235–7, 252
jurisdictional direct orders	17, 21–2

Terms starting with the letter K

Terms starting with the letter K
Term	Page
Kawasaki disease	79–82
kidney transplantation	104, 152–7

Terms starting with the letter L

Terms starting with the letter L
Term	Page
Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome	83–6
Landau–Keffner syndrome	194
Lennox–Gastaut syndrome	194
level of evidence categories	40, 241
life-threatening haemorrhage	69, 145
limbic encephalitis	198, 200
linear IgA disease	215
literature reviews	36, 234–5, 242
lupus cerebritis	215
lupus nephritis	215
Lyell syndrome	173-6
lymphoblastic leukaemia	185
lymphoproliferative disorder	49

Terms starting with the letter M

Terms starting with the letter M
Term	Page
maintenance of criteria	44
microscopic polyangiitis	119
miscellaneous hypogammaglobulinaemia	56
Moersch–Woltman syndrome	99-101
monoclonal gammopathy	148
motor neuron disease	215
mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome	79-82
mucous membrane pemphigoid	129-32
multifocal motor neuropathy	87-91
multiple myeloma	49
multiple sclerosis	158-63
myalgic encephalomyelitis	215
myasthenia gravis	92-5
myeloblastic leukaemia	185
myocarditis, in children	198

Terms starting with the letter N

Terms starting with the letter N
Term	Page
narcolepsy	216
National Blood Agreement	16-17
National Blood Arrangements	2
National Blood Authority	18, 31, 37
National Blood Supply	21–2
National Health and Medical Research Council	39–40
National IVIg Criteria Review Working Group	4–5, 38, 235–7, 244–53
National Stewardship Expectations	230–2
National Workshop	233
neonatal conditions, see also paediatric conditions; pregnancy-related conditions
alloimmune thrombocytopenia	136–40
haemochromatosis	96-8
haemolytic disease of the newborn	196
lupus	186
nephrotic syndrome	216
neuromyelitis optica	193
non-Hodgkin lymphoma	48
nonparaneoplastic limbic encephalitis	198

Terms starting with the letter O

Terms starting with the letter O
Term	Page
obsessive compulsive disorders	216
off-label medical use	26-7
opsoclonus-myoclonus ataxia	164-5
orphan drug program	27
overseas suppliers of IVIg	11, 21

Terms starting with the letter P

Terms starting with the letter P
Term	Page
paediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infections	199
paediatric conditions
acute disseminated encephalomyelitis	115
acute leukaemia	185
HIV	50
idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura	144-7
immune thrombocytopenic purpura	104
myocarditis	198
paediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder	199
Rasmussen syndrome	206
streptococcal infections	199
pancytopenia	214
paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration	200
paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis	201
paraneoplastic neurological syndromes	200
paraneoplastic subacute sensory neuropathy	200
pasteurisation	27
pemphigus foliaceus	166-7
pemphigus vulgaris	168-70
penicillamine	166
‘PICO’ method	39, 249
plasma fractionation	24–5, 27
plasmapheresis	24
pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine	112
polymorphous rash	80
polymyositis	73-8
polyneuropathy of critical illness	216
post-transfusion purpura	171-2
potassium channel antibody-associated encephalopathy	202
pregnancy-related conditions
female infertility	215
foeto-maternal/neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia	136-40
haemolytic disease of the newborn	196
idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura	66, 69
multiple sclerosis	158-63
neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia	136-40
neonatal haemochromatosis	96-8
neonatal lupus	186
recurrent foetal loss	216
sepsis	216-17
primary immunodeficiency diseases with antibody deficiency	55-7
prion removal	27-8
production of IVIg	12
proformas, development of	41, 238
proteins, isolating from plasma	24
pruritis	126
ptosis	92
public consultation	246–7, 251–2
pure red cell aplasia	203
pure white cell aplasia	204
pyoderma gangrenosum	205

Terms starting with the letter Q

Terms starting with the letter Q
Term	Page
qualifying criteria	41

Terms starting with the letter R

Terms starting with the letter R
Term	Page
Rasmussen syndrome	206
recurrent bacterial infections	42, 106, 111
recurrent foetal loss	216
Red Cross Blood Service	30
refractory acute ITP	68
rejection of transplanted organs	152
replacement therapy	42-3
research priorities	44
review criteria	41
Review of Australia’s plasma fractionation arrangements	21
Review of the Australian blood banking and plasma product sector	20-1
Review of the cost effectiveness of IVIg in Australia	235
Review of the use and supply of intravenous immunoglobulins in Australia	20
rheumatoid arthritis	216
rifampicin	166

Terms starting with the letter S

Terms starting with the letter S
Term	Page
scleromyxedema	207
secondary hypogammaglobulinaemia	50, 106–9
secretariat support	246
sepsis	216-17
sickle cell disease	217
siderosis	97
Sjogren syndrome	207
soft tissue necrosis	178
solid organ transplantation (other than kidney)	50, 208
specific antibody deficiency	56, 110–14
Standing Council on Health	17–18
Standing Offer for IVIg imports	17, 21–2, 31
staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome	177–82
Statement on national stewardship expectations for the supply of blood and blood products	17-18
stem cell transplantation	50
steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis	197
Stevens–Johnson syndrome	173-6
stiff person syndrome	99-101
stretococcal infections
paediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder	199
toxic shock syndrome	177–82
submissions to review	246–7
Susac syndrome	209
Sydney Health Projects Group	234, 243
systematic review	248–9
systemic capillary leak syndrome	210–11
systemic lupus erythematosus	217

Terms starting with the letter T

Terms starting with the letter T
Term	Page
Therapeutic Goods Administration	2, 12, 19, 25–7
thiol-containing compounds	166
thromobocytopenia	66-7
toxic epidermal necrolysis	173-6
toxic shock syndrome	177-82
transfusion medicine services	22
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Advisory Committee	27-8
transplants	50, 208

Terms starting with the letter U

Terms starting with the letter U
Term	Page
ulcerative colitis	217

Terms starting with the letter V

Terms starting with the letter V
Term	Page
veno-occlusive disease	49
viral pathogens, destroying	24–5, 27–8

Terms starting with the letter W

Terms starting with the letter W
Term	Page
Wegener granulomatosis	119
Wiskott Aldrich syndrome	55
working party	4–5, 38, 235–7, 244–53