ArticleJournal of orthopaedics
Musculoskeletal steroid injections during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Vitamins C and D and COVID-19 Susceptibility, Severity and Progression: An Evidence Based Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Pooled it
- Risk analysis of musculoskeletal pain intervention using corticosteroid during COVID-19 pandemic: a cohort study.The Korean journal of pain · 2023Article
- Perioperative use of intra-articular steroids during the COVID-19 pandemic.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2022Review
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Abstract
introductionThis study aims to determine whether musculoskeletal corticosteroid injections increase the risk for COVID-19.
method734 patients who received a corticosteroid injection during the COVID-19 pandemic were followed and their COVID status within 30 days after the injection checked. The results were then compared with an age and sex matched control group.
resultsNo statistically significant difference in the frequency of COVID-19 cases between the two groups was found.
conclusionIt appears that the use of musculoskeletal corticosteroid injections during the COVID-19 pandemic does not confer increased risk of contracting the virus.
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