Data are expressed as mean±SD . Group A: IVIG retreatment group; group B:methylprednisolonepulsetherapy
As shown in Table 1, no significant difference was found between thetwogroups with regard to age, gender, weight, hospital days and whole fever time. The duration of fever(>38℃) after additional treatment in patientstreated with MPT (11±6.3 hours)was significantly shorter than that in patientstreated with additional IVIG treatment (18±4.4 hours;P <0.05). A significant difference was foundin medical cost between the twogroups(¥11261±3564 in Group A versus ¥8218±2145in Group B;P <0.05), but the readmission rate in patientstreated with MPT(27.5%,11/40)was significantly higher than that in patientstreated with additional IVIG treatment (10.0%, 4/40;P <0.05).
Table 2: Laboratory data on additional treatment