High levels of immunosuppression are related to unfavourable outcomes in hospitalised patients with rheumatic diseases and COVID-19: first results of ReumaCoV Brasil registry

Objectives To evaluate risk factors associated with unfavourable outcomes: emergency care, hospitalisation, admission to intensive care unit (ICU), mechanical ventilation and death in patients with immune-mediated rheumatic disease (IMRD) and COVID-19.Methods Analysis of the first 8 weeks of observa...

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Main Authors: Valderílio Feijó Azevedo, Sueli Carneiro, Ana Karla G Melo, Claudia Diniz Lopes Marques, Adriana Maria Kakehasi, Marcelo Medeiros Pinheiro, Licia Maria Henrique Mota, Cleandro Pires Albuquerque, Carolina Rocha Silva, Gabriela Porfirio Jardim Santos, Edgard Torres Reis-Neto, Pedro Matos, Guilherme Devide, Andrea Dantas, Rina Dalva Giorgi, Adriana de Oliveira Marinho, Lilian David Azevedo Valadares, Gilda Aparecida Ferreira, Flavia Patricia de Sena Santos, Nicole Pamplona Bueno Andrade, Michel Alexandre Yazbek, Eduardo S Paiva, Ana Beatriz Santos Bacchiega de Freitas, José Roberto Provenza, Ricardo Acayaba de Toledo, Sheilla Fontenelle, Gecilmara Cristina Salviato Pileggi, Ana Paula Monteiro Gomides Reis, Felipe Omura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:RMD Open
Online Access:https://rmdopen.bmj.com/content/7/1/e001461.full