Clinical outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with rheumatic diseases : A systematic review and meta-analysis of global data

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OBJECTIVES: The impact of rheumatic diseases on COVID-19 infection remains poorly investigated. Here we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with rheumatic diseases.

METHODS: We systematically searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Scopus and preprint database up to 29th August 2020, for publications with confirmed COVID-19 infection in patients with rheumatic diseases. The primary outcomes were the rates of hospitalization, oxygen support, intensive care unit (ICU) admission and death. A meta-analysis of effect sizes using the random-effects models was performed, and meta-regression analyses were performed to explore heterogeneity. The data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician registry (the COVID-19 GRA) was used as a reference.

RESULTS: A total of 31 articles involving 1138 patients were included in this systematic review and meta-analysis. The publications were from Europe, Asia and North America, but none from other continents. The overall rates of hospitalization, oxygen support, ICU admission and fatality among COVID-19 infected patients with rheumatic diseases were 0.58 (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.48-0.67), 0.33 (95% CI 0.21-0.47), 0.09 (95% CI 0.05-0.15) and 0.07 (95% CI 0.03-0.11), respectively. The rate of oxygen support in Europe (0.48, 95% CI 0.4-0.57) was higher than that in other continents. Among all hospitalized patients, the rates of oxygen support, ICU admission and fatality were 0.61 (95% CI 0.48-0.73), 0.13 (95% CI 0.07-0.21) and 0.13 (95% CI 0.09-0.18), respectively. The fatality rate was highest in Europe (0.19, 95% CI 0.15-0.24). The fatality rate was higher both in this meta-analysis and the COVID-19 GRA (7.0% and 6.7%, respectively) than that (3.4%) in WHO database, although the age, gender and comorbidity were not matched.

CONCLUSION: Patients with rheumatic diseases remain vulnerable with substantial rates of severe outcomes and a geographic variation. More studies were urgently needed to elucidate the risk factors of severe outcomes in this population.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

Autoimmunity reviews - 20(2021), 4 vom: 18. Apr., Seite 102778

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xu, Chuanhui [VerfasserIn]
Yi, Zixi [VerfasserIn]
Cai, Ruyi [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Ru [VerfasserIn]
Thong, Bernard Yu-Hor [VerfasserIn]
Mu, Rong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Outcomes
Review
Rheumatic diseases
SARS-CoV-2
Systematic Review

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Date Completed 06.04.2021

Date Revised 21.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.autrev.2021.102778

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NLM321684923