Rheumatic Disease

Children with rheumatic disease did not exhibit heightened risk for developing COVID-19 or for COVID-19-related complications, despite use of immunosuppressive medications, according to data presented at the ACR 2020 Convergence.

Patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases who contract COVID-19 may have a higher risk for end-organ failure than those without such diseases, according to a speaker at ACR Convergence 2020.

Black and Hispanic patients with rheumatic diseases plus COVID-19 were more likely to require hospitalization and mechanical ventilation to treat their infections compared with white patients, according to data presented at ACR 2020.

EULAR has released its first consensus-based recommendations for a core data set for prospective pregnancy registries in rheumatology, with a total of 51 items covering maternal information and treatment.

Hydroxychloroquine fails to prevent COVID-19 among adults with rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus or other related diseases, according to data published in The Lancet Rheumatology.

Cardiovascular events cause significant morbidity and mortality among patients with rheumatologic diseases. Moreover, there is a robust body of data chronicling these associations.

There is a new addition to the Healio Rheumatology site that has allowed me to review all of my past editorials since our inaugural issue in November 2015. My first editorial topic was biosimilars, which sounds, well, so incredibly retro in the COVID-19 era.

Although a commonly reported complication, cognitive dysfunction associated with rheumatic disease is often “shrouded in this cloud of mystery” for rheumatologists, a presenter said at the 2020 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology-East.

I applaud the authors of the 2020 American College of Rheumatology guideline for their comprehensive and thoughtful document on the management of gout.

Individuals who provide personal support for patients with rheumatoid arthritis can provide physicians with valuable insight into their physical and emotional states, according to findings published in the International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases.