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ReviewTranslational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine2021

Inflammatory arthritis in patients with COVID-19.

Richard Conway, Maximilian F Konig, Elizabeth R Graef, Kate Webb, Jinoos Yazdany, Alfred H J Kim

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Review in Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Richard ConwayDepartment of Rheumatology, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Maximilian F KonigDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Elizabeth R GraefThe COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance, Boston, Massachusetts.
Kate WebbDivision of Paediatric Rheumatology, School of Child and Adolescent Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Crick African Network, Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
Jinoos YazdanyDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, California. Electronic address: Jinoos.Yazdany@ucsf.edu.
Alfred H J KimDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri. Electronic address: akim@wustl.edu.
Johns Hopkins Medicine · USSt. James's Hospital · IEUniversity of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Cape Town · ZAWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

Multidisciplinary Rheumatology Training ProgramT32AR048522 · NIAMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI CLIFTON O BINGHAM, LIVIA A CASCIOLA-ROSEN · 2003 to 2026
$6.4M
Medical Research Council MR/P028071/1NIAMS NIH HHS T32 AR048522
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with inflammatory arthritis represent a possible high-risk group to COVID-19 due to their immunosuppressive regimen designed to maintain low disease activity. Thus, substantial effort has been put forth to understand the impact of COVID-19 on these patients. Patients with rheumatic diseases as a whole do not appear to be more susceptible to acquiring COVID-19. Furthermore, immunosuppression generally did not increase the likelihood of developing severe COVID-19, with the important exception of medium and high-dose glucocorticoid use. In addition, a small number of COVID-19 patients have developed new inflammatory arthritis; whether this represents an unmasking of previous subclinical disease or a bone fide virus-induced arthritis is unclear. Nevertheless, it appears that inflammatory arthritis patients currently on immunosuppression should continue their medication to prevent future flares and limit glucocorticoid usage. While this continues to be a rapidly evolving field, these data are reassuring to both patients with and providers treating inflammatory arthritides.

Indexed as

SARS-CoV-2ArthritisCOVID-19HumansImmunosuppressive AgentsRheumatic DiseasesSeverity of Illness IndexImmunosuppressive Agents

Identifiers

PMID33626415
PMCPMC7897406
OpenAlexW3131862061

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