Clinical outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with rheumatic diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis of global data.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The impact of rheumatic diseases on COVID-19 infection remains poorly investigated. Here we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with rheumatic diseases.

Methods

We systematically searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Scopus and preprint database up to 29th August 2020, for publications with confirmed COVID-19 infection in patients with rheumatic diseases. The primary outcomes were the rates of hospitalization, oxygen support, intensive care unit (ICU) admission and death. A meta-analysis of effect sizes using the random-effects models was performed, and meta-regression analyses were performed to explore heterogeneity. The data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician registry (the CO

SUBMITTER: Xu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7889462 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature