Temporal trends in severe COVID-19 outcomes in patients with rheumatic disease: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues worldwide, severe COVID-19 outcomes remain a major concern for patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. We aimed to investigate temporal trends in COVID-19 outcomes in patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases over the course of the pandemic.

Methods

Using a large, multicentre, electronic health record network (TriNetX), we did a comparative cohort study of patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases who were diagnosed with COVID-19 (by International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision code or positive PCR test) during the first 90 days of the pandemic (early cohort) compared with the second 90 days of the pandemic (late cohort), matched (1:1) for demographics, comorbidities, laboratory res

SUBMITTER: Jorge A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7758725 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature