Risk factors for hospital admissions related to COVID-19 in patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases

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OBJECTIVES: To describe patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AIRD) who had COVID-19 disease; to compare patients who required hospital admission with those who did not and assess risk factors for hospital admission related to COVID-19.

METHODS: An observational longitudinal study was conducted during the pandemic peak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (1 March 2020 to 24 April). All patients attended at the rheumatology outpatient clinic of a tertiary hospital in Madrid, Spain with a medical diagnosis of AIRD and with symptomatic COVID-19 were included. The main outcome was hospital admission related to COVID-19. The covariates were sociodemographic, clinical and treatments. We ran a multivariable logistic regression model to assess risk factors for the hospital admission.

RESULTS: The study population included 123 patients with AIRD and COVID-19. Of these, 54 patients required hospital admission related to COVID-19. The mean age on admission was 69.7 (15.7) years, and the median time from onset of symptoms to hospital admission was 5 (3-10) days. The median length of stay was 9 (6-14) days. A total of 12 patients died (22%) during admission. Compared with outpatients, the factors independently associated with hospital admission were older age (OR: 1.08; p=0.00) and autoimmune systemic condition (vs chronic inflammatory arthritis) (OR: 3.55; p=0.01). No statistically significant findings for exposure to disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs were found in the final model.

CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that age and having a systemic autoimmune condition increased the risk of hospital admission, whereas disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs were not associated with hospital admission.

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CommentIn: Ann Rheum Dis. 2023 Jan;82(1):e2. - PMID 33127661

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:79

Enthalten in:

Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 79(2020), 11 vom: 07. Nov., Seite 1393-1399

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Freites Nuñez, Dalifer D [VerfasserIn]
Leon, Leticia [VerfasserIn]
Mucientes, Arkaitz [VerfasserIn]
Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Luis [VerfasserIn]
Font Urgelles, Judit [VerfasserIn]
Madrid García, Alfredo [VerfasserIn]
Colomer, Jose I [VerfasserIn]
Jover, Juan A [VerfasserIn]
Fernandez-Gutierrez, Benjamín [VerfasserIn]
Abasolo, Lydia [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antirheumatic Agents
Antirheumatic agents
Communicable diseases
Epidemiology
Glucocorticoids
Health care
Imported
Journal Article
Observational Study
Outcome assessment
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors

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Date Completed 22.10.2020

Date Revised 29.08.2023

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Ann Rheum Dis. 2023 Jan;82(1):e2. - PMID 33127661

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217984

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NLM313441804