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ArticleTherapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease2020

Risk of community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization in patients with spondyloarthritis.

Ho Yin Chung, Lai Shan Tam, Shirley Chiu Wai Chan, Jason Pui Yin Cheung, Pui Yan Wong, Chu Oi Ciang, Hoi Yan Ng, Mei Yan Law, Tin Lok Lai, Ching Han Wong and 1 more

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Article in Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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11 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Ho Yin ChungDivision of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, the University of Hong Kong, 102, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0175-1346
Lai Shan TamDepartment of Medicine & Therapeutics, the Prince of Wales Hospital, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Shirley Chiu Wai ChanDivision of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0640-0676
Jason Pui Yin CheungDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Pui Yan WongDepartment of Rheumatology, Tseung Kwan O Hospital, Hong Kong.
Chu Oi CiangDepartment of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong.
Hoi Yan NgDivision of Rheumatology, Caritas Medical Center, Hong Kong.
Mei Yan LawDepartment of Medicine, Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, Hong Kong.
Tin Lok LaiDepartment of Rheumatology, Tseung Kwan O Hospital, Hong Kong.
Ching Han WongDepartment of Medicine & Therapeutics, the Prince of Wales Hospital, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Society of Rheumatology
Chinese University of Hong Kong · HKTseung Kwan O Hospital · CNAlice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital · CNCaritas Medical Centre · CNQueen Elizabeth Hospital · CNUniversity of Hong Kong · HK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsTo compare the risk of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) requiring hospitalization in spondyloarthritis (SpA) and non-specific back pain (NSBP), and to identify the risk factors for CAP in SpA.

methodsA total of 2984 patients with SpA from 11 rheumatology centers and 2526 patients with NSBP from orthopedic units were reviewed from the centralized electronic database in Hong Kong. Incidence of CAP requiring hospitalization and demographic data including age, gender, smoking and drinking status, use of sulfasalazine, individual biological-disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) used, micro-organisms, other immunosuppressants or immunosuppressive states, use of steroid for more than ½ year, and co-morbidities were identified. Risks of CAP in SpA were compared with those in NSBP using propensity score regression method. Multivariate Cox regression model was used to identify the risk factors in SpA.

resultsCAP requiring hospitalization was found in 183 patients with SpA and 138 patients with NSBP. Increased risk for CAP was found in the following groups with SpA: all subgroups (hazard ratio (HR) 2.14,

conclusionRisk of CAP is increased in patients with SpA. Our data favor universal influenza and pneumococcal vaccination programs in the population. Rheumatologists should also advise smoking cessation and avoid long term steroid therapy.

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biologicscommunity-acquired pneumoniasmokingSpondyloarthritissteroidsulfasalazinevaccination

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