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Ann Rheum Dis
. 2020 Aug 7;annrheumdis-2020-217984.
doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217984. Online ahead of print.
Risk factors for hospital admissions related to COVID-19 in patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases
Dalifer D Freites Nu?ez[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Leticia Leon[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Arkaitz Mucientes[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Luis Rodriguez-Rodriguez[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Judit Font Urgelles[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Alfredo Madrid Garc?a[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jose I Colomer[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Juan A Jover[SUP] 4 5 [/SUP], Benjam?n Fernandez-Gutierrez[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Lydia Abasolo[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
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Abstract
Objectives: To describe patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AIRD) who had COVID-19 disease; to compare patients who required hospital admission with those who did not and assess risk factors for hospital admission related to COVID-19.
Methods: An observational longitudinal study was conducted during the pandemic peak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (1 March 2020 to 24 April). All patients attended at the rheumatology outpatient clinic of a tertiary hospital in Madrid, Spain with a medical diagnosis of AIRD and with symptomatic COVID-19 were included. The main outcome was hospital admission related to COVID-19. The covariates were sociodemographic, clinical and treatments. We ran a multivariable logistic regression model to assess risk factors for the hospital admission.
Results: The study population included 123 patients with AIRD and COVID-19. Of these, 54 patients required hospital admission related to COVID-19. The mean age on admission was 69.7 (15.7) years, and the median time from onset of symptoms to hospital admission was 5 (3-10) days. The median length of stay was 9 (6-14) days. A total of 12 patients died (22%) during admission. Compared with outpatients, the factors independently associated with hospital admission were older age (OR: 1.08; p=0.00) and autoimmune systemic condition (vs chronic inflammatory arthritis) (OR: 3.55; p=0.01). No statistically significant findings for exposure to disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs were found in the final model.
Conclusion: Our results suggest that age and having a systemic autoimmune condition increased the risk of hospital admission, whereas disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs were not associated with hospital admission.
Keywords: antirheumatic agents; communicable diseases; epidemiology; health care; imported; outcome assessment.
. 2020 Aug 7;annrheumdis-2020-217984.
doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217984. Online ahead of print.
Risk factors for hospital admissions related to COVID-19 in patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases
Dalifer D Freites Nu?ez[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Leticia Leon[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Arkaitz Mucientes[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Luis Rodriguez-Rodriguez[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Judit Font Urgelles[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Alfredo Madrid Garc?a[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jose I Colomer[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Juan A Jover[SUP] 4 5 [/SUP], Benjam?n Fernandez-Gutierrez[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Lydia Abasolo[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32769150
- DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217984
Abstract
Objectives: To describe patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AIRD) who had COVID-19 disease; to compare patients who required hospital admission with those who did not and assess risk factors for hospital admission related to COVID-19.
Methods: An observational longitudinal study was conducted during the pandemic peak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (1 March 2020 to 24 April). All patients attended at the rheumatology outpatient clinic of a tertiary hospital in Madrid, Spain with a medical diagnosis of AIRD and with symptomatic COVID-19 were included. The main outcome was hospital admission related to COVID-19. The covariates were sociodemographic, clinical and treatments. We ran a multivariable logistic regression model to assess risk factors for the hospital admission.
Results: The study population included 123 patients with AIRD and COVID-19. Of these, 54 patients required hospital admission related to COVID-19. The mean age on admission was 69.7 (15.7) years, and the median time from onset of symptoms to hospital admission was 5 (3-10) days. The median length of stay was 9 (6-14) days. A total of 12 patients died (22%) during admission. Compared with outpatients, the factors independently associated with hospital admission were older age (OR: 1.08; p=0.00) and autoimmune systemic condition (vs chronic inflammatory arthritis) (OR: 3.55; p=0.01). No statistically significant findings for exposure to disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs were found in the final model.
Conclusion: Our results suggest that age and having a systemic autoimmune condition increased the risk of hospital admission, whereas disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs were not associated with hospital admission.
Keywords: antirheumatic agents; communicable diseases; epidemiology; health care; imported; outcome assessment.