COVID-19 Infection and Clinical Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis : Insights From the National Inpatient Sample

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Background: Coronavirus-19, primarily a respiratory virus, affects multiple organs and can lead to exacerbation of autoimmune or systemic conditions. Patients with autoimmune diseases, rheumatoid arthritis particularly, are susceptible to infection and complications from COVID-19. RA has become well-associated with COVID-19 infections, but large-scale studies evaluating outcomes among this vulnerable group are limited.

Methods: For the retrospective analysis, we used the National Inpatient Sample database to compare COVID-19 patients with and without RA. A total of 1,050,040 adult hospitalizations were included in the study between January 1 to December 31, 2020: COVID-19 with RA (n = 21,545; 2.1%) and COVID-19 without RA (n = 1,028,495; 97.9%). The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality. Secondary outcomes included mechanical ventilation requirement, vasopressor use, cardiac arrest, cardiogenic shock, acute kidney injury, acute kidney injury requiring hemodialysis, gastrostomy, tracheostomy, length of stay, health care utilization costs, and disposition. A secondary analysis evaluating in-hospital mortality and mechanical ventilation with respect to age was conducted.

Results: COVID-19 patients with RA had significantly increased in-hospital mortality compared to COVID-19 patients without RA (12.9% vs 11.1%, adjusted OR [aOR]: 1.2 [95% CI 1.1-1.3], p < 0.001). This cohort also had significantly increased rates of mechanical ventilation, pressor use, and cardiogenic shock.

Conclusions: Given limited large evidence regarding COVID-19 with respect to RA, future research should be focused on this topic to improve outcomes for this subset of patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives - 14(2024), 1 vom: 06., Seite 5-12

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Davis, Monique G [VerfasserIn]
Akhlaq, Anum [VerfasserIn]
Aamer, Sameen [VerfasserIn]
Shuja, Hina [VerfasserIn]
Edigin, Ehizogie [VerfasserIn]
Sheikh, Abu B [VerfasserIn]

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Age
COVID-19
Complications
Journal Article
Mortality
National inpatient sample
Rheumatoid arthritis
United States

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Date Revised 15.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.55729/2000-9666.1288

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369717872