Criteria for the clinical use of Intravenous Immunoglobulin in Australia - Second Edition

Appendix E: Alphabetical index of conditions

Alphabetical index of conditions
Condition Evidence level Chapter
Acquired coagulation factor inhibitors (alloantibodies and autoantibodies), including acquired haemophilia, acquired von Willebrand syndrome, inhibitors to FVIII in haemophilia A, and inhibitors to FIX in haemophilia B (see coagulation factor inhibitors)
Acquired hypogammaglobulinaemia secondary to haematological malignancies (chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, multiple myeloma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and other relevant malignancies and post- haemopoietic stem cell transplantation) 2a 5
Acute autonomic neuropathy (see Guillain–Barré syndrome)
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis 2a 6
Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (see Guillain–Barré syndrome)
Acute leukaemia in children 2a 7
Acute motor axonal neuropathy (see Guillain–Barré syndrome)
Acute motor sensory axonal neuropathy (see Guillain–Barré syndrome)
Acute optic neuritis 2b 8
Acute rheumatic fever 2b 8
Adrenoleukodystrophy 4b 8
Amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia 4b 8
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see motor neuron disease)
ANCA-positive systemic necrotising vasculitis 2a 6
Antiphospholipid syndrome — non-obstetric 4b 8
Aplastic anaemia/pancytopenia 4b 8
Asthma 2c 8
Atopic dermatitis/eczema (adult) 2b 8
Autism 4b 8
Autoimmune congenital heart block (neonatal lupus) 4a 7
Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia 4a 6
Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia with immune thrombocytopenia (see Evans syndrome)
Autoimmune neutropenia 4a 7
Autoimmune uveitis 4a 7
Autologous haemopoietic stem cell transplantation 2c 8
Behçet’s disease 4b 8
Bickerstaff’s brainstem encephalitis (see Guillain–Barré syndrome)
Bullous pemphigoid 4a 6
Capillary leak syndrome (see Systemic capillary leak syndrome)
Cardiac failure — congestive 2a 8
Cardiac surgery with bypass — prophylaxis 2a 8
Cataplexy (see narcolepsy)
Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome 4a 7
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) 1 5
Cicatricial pemphigoid 2a 6
Coagulation factor inhibitors (alloantibodies and autoantibodies) — including acquired haemophilia, acquired von Willebrand syndrome, inhibitors to FVIII in haemophilia A, and inhibitors to FIX in haemophilia B 2a 7
Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) (see primary immunodeficiency)
Congenital heart block (see autoimmune congenital heart block)
Congestive cardiac failure 2a 8
Crohn’s disease 4b 8
Dermatitis/eczema atopic (adult) (see atopic dermatitis/eczema)
Demyelinating polyneuropathy (see chronic inflammatory)
Dermatomyositis (see inflammatory myopathies)
Devic disease (neuromyelitis optica) 4a 7
Diabetic amyotrophy 4a 7
Diabetic lumbosacral radiculoplexus neuropathy (See diabetic amyotrophy)
Diabetic proximal neuropathy (See diabetic amyotrophy)
Diamond Blackfan syndrome 4b 8
Eczema, atopic dermatitis (adult) (see atopic dermatitis/eczema)
Encephalomyelitis - acute disseminated (see acute disseminated)
Encephalopathy (see Hashimoto)
Encephalopathy (see limbic - nonparaneoplastic)
Encephalopathy (see limbic - paraneoplastic)
Encephalopathy (see potassium channel)
Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita 4a 7
Epilepsy — rare childhood cases 2a 7
Evans syndrome - autoimmune haemolytic anaemia with immune thrombocytopenia 4a 6
Female infertility 4a 8
Foeto-maternal/neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FMAIT/NAIT) 4a 6
Glomerulonephritis - IgA nephritis 2b
Glomerulonephritis (see lupus nephritis) 8
Graves ophthalmopathy 2a 7
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) 1 5
Haemolytic anaemia (see autoimmune haemolytic anaemia)
Haemolytic anaemia — autoimmune with immune thrombocytopenia (see Evans syndrome)
Haemolytic disease of the newborn 4a 7
Haemolytic transfusion reaction 4a 7
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome 4b 8
Haemophagocytic syndrome 4a 6
Haemopoietic stem cell transplant (see autologous)
Hashimoto encephalopathy 4a 7
Heart block (see autoimmune congenital)
Henoch–Schonlein purpura 4b 8
HIV/AIDS — adult 2b 8
HIV/AIDS — children 2a 7
Iatrogenic immunodeficiency (see secondary hypogammaglobulinaemia)
Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy 2b 8
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) — adults 2a 5
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) — child 1 6
IgA nephritis (see glomerulonephritis)
IgG subclass deficiency (see specific antibody deficiency)
IgM paraproteinaemic neuropathy 2c 6
Inclusion body myositis (see inflammatory myopathies)
Inflammatory myopathies (polymyositis, dermatomyositis, inclusion body myositis) 2a 5
Inhibitors — coagulation factor (alloantibodies and autoantibodies), including acquired haemophilia, acquired von Willebrand syndrome, inhibitors to FVIII in haemophilia A, and inhibitors to FIX in haemophilia B (see coagulation factors inhibitors)
Kawasaki disease 1 5
Kidney transplantation 1 6
Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome 2a 5
Landau–Keffner syndrome (see Epilepsy)
Lennox–Gastaut syndrome (see Epilepsy)
Leukaemia in children (see acute leukaemia in children)
Lewis-Sumner syndrome variant (see Guillain–Barré syndrome)
Limbic encephalitis, nonparaneoplastic 4a 7
Limbic encephalitis, paraneoplastic 4a 7
Linear IgA disease 4b 8
Lupus cerebritis 4a 8
Lupus nephritis 2a 8
Lyell syndrome (see Toxic epidermal necrolysis)
Miller Fisher syndrome (see Guillain–Barré syndrome)
Moersch-Woltman syndrome (see Stiff person syndrome)
Motor neuron disease/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 4b 8
Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome (see Kawasaki Disease)
Mucous membrane pemphigoid (see cicatricial pemphigoid)
Multifocal motor neuropathy 1 5
Multiple sclerosis 2a 6
Myalgic encephalomyelitis 2c 8
Myasthenia gravis 1 5
Myocarditis in children 4a 7
Narcolepsy/cataplexy 4a 8
Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAIT) (see Foeto-maternal)
Neonatal haemochromatosis 2a 5
Neonatal lupus (see autoimmune congenital heart block)
Nephrotic syndrome 2a 8
Neuromyelitis optica (see Devic disease)
Neuropathy (see Chronic inflammatory demyelinating)
Neuropathy (see diabetic amyotrophy)
Neuropathy (see diabetic amyotrophy)
Neuropathy (see multifocal motor)
Neuropathy (see paraneoplastic subacute sensory)
Neuropathy (see polyneuropathy of critical illness)
Neutropenia (see autoimmune neutropenia)
Obsessive compulsive disorders 4a 8
Opsoclonus-myoclonus ataxia 4a 6
Optic neuritis (see acute optic neuritis)
Paediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS) 2a 7
Pancytopenia (see aplastic anaemia)
Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration 4a 7
Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis (see limbic encephalitis – paraneoplastic)
Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (see paraneoplastic subacute sensory neuropathy, Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration, limbic encephalitis paraneoplastic)
Paraneoplastic subacute sensory neuropathy 4a 7
Pemphigus foliaceus 4a 6
Pemphigus vulgaris 2a 6
Polymyositis (see inflammatory myopathies)
Polyneuropathy of critical illness 4a 8
Post-transfusion purpura 4a 6
Potassium channel antibody-associated encephalopathy 4a 7
Primary immunodeficiency diseases with antibody deficiency 2a 5
Pure red cell aplasia 4b 7
Pure white cell aplasia 4b 7
Pyoderma gangrenosum 4a 7
Rasmussen syndrome 2a 7
Recurrent foetal loss (with or without antiphospholipid syndrome) 3 8
Renal transplantation (see kidney transplantation)
Rheumatic fever (see acute rheumatic fever)
Rheumatoid arthritis 2c 8
Scleromyxedema 4a 7
Secondary hypogammaglobulinaemia (including iatrogenic immunodeficiency) 4b 6
Sepsis 2a 8
Sickle cell disease 4b 8
Sjogren's syndrome 4a 7
Solid organ transplantation (other than kidney) 4a 7
Specific antibody deficiency 4a 6
Steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis (see Hashimoto)
Stevens–Johnson syndrome (see toxic epidermal necrolysis/SJS)
Stiff person syndrome 2a 5
Susac syndrome 4a 7
Systemic capillary leak syndrome 4a 7
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) 2a 8
Systemic necrotising vasculitis (see ANCA- positive systemic necrotising vasculitis)
Thrombocytopenia (see amegakaryocytic)
Thrombocytopenia (see Evans syndrome)
Thrombocytopenia (see idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura)
Thrombocytopenia (see neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia)
Thrombocytopenia (see post-transfusion purpura)
Transient hypogammaglobulinaemia of infancy (see see primary immunodeficiency disease)
Toxic epidermal necrolysis/Stevens– Johnson syndrome (TEN/SJS) 4a 6
Toxic shock syndrome 4a 6
Ulcerative colitis 4b 8
Uveitis (see autoimmune uveitis)
Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome (see see primary immunodeficiency disease)
X-linked agammaglobulinaemia (see see primary immunodeficiency disease)