Chronic Corticosteroid Use

For patients with inflammatory bowel disease, risk factors associated with severe COVID-19 infection included increasing age, comorbidities and corticosteroid use, according to an initial analysis of a large, international registry.

High cumulative use of oral glucocorticoids was associated with excess incidence of hypertension, according to research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Patients had a low incidence of 30-day unplanned admission after hip arthroscopy, with chronic corticosteroid use, perioperative transfusions and greater BMI identified as independent risk factors, according to published results.