Clinical characteristics of Chilean patients with rheumatic diseases and COVID-19: data from the Covid-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registry

Objective: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2), has registered more than 234 million confirmed cases and more than 4.7 million deaths throughout the world until October 2, 2021. During the last few months, a significant number of reports of COVID-19 in patients with rheumatic diseases have been published. In this study the objective is to report the clinical characteristics of Chilean patients with rheumatic diseases and COVID-19 reported in the “Global Rheumatology Alliance” (GRA) physician registration platform. Materials and Methods: Chilean patients with rheumatic diseases and COVID-19 were included in the Covid-19 GRA physician-reported registry. Results: 54 patients were included. The most common primary rheumatic disease was rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with 28 cases (51.9%). 30 patients (55.6%) used corticosteroids, of which 20 (66.7%) used a dose of 10 mg or less. 33 patients (61.1%) only used conventional DMARDs, 4 (7.4%) only biological, and 6 (11.1%) the combination. A total of 35 patients (64.8%) had to be hospitalized. 2 patients (3.7%) died. 26 patients of the 35 hospitalized (74.2%) required some type of ventilatory support, of which 5 (19.2%) required non-invasive and 8 (30.8%) invasive mechanical ventilation or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Discussion: Most of included Chilean rheumatic patients were hospitalized, with a low mortality rate but with a high percentage of patients requiring at least non-invasive mechanical ventilation..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:4

Enthalten in:

Global Rheumatology - 4(2022)

Sprache:

Englisch ; Spanisch ; Portugiesisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Oriela Martínez Hernández [VerfasserIn]
Francisca Valenzuela [VerfasserIn]
Sebastian Ibañez [VerfasserIn]

Links:

doi.org [kostenfrei]
doaj.org [kostenfrei]
www.globalrheumpanlar.org [kostenfrei]
Journal toc [kostenfrei]

Themen:

Brief report
Covid-19
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
Medicine (General)
Pandemic
Rheumatic disease

doi:

10.46856/grp.12.e113

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

DOAJ02400166X