Abstracts tagged "COVID-19"

Abstract Number: 1769 • ACR Convergence 2020
Patient-reported COVID-19 Infection in Pregnant Women with Rheumatic Disease: Data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance Patient Experience Survey
Jonathan Hausmann¹, Emily Sirotich², Bonnie Bermas³, Megan Clowse⁴, Milena Gianfrancesco⁵, Pedro M Machado⁶, Helen Robinson⁷, Anja Strangfeld⁸, Jinoos Yazdany⁹ and Philip Robinson¹⁰, ¹Boston Children's Hospital / Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Cambridge, MA, ²McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³UTSouthwestern.edu, Dallas, TX, ⁴Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁵University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁶University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁷University of Queensland School of Medicine, HERSTON, Queensland, Australia, ⁸German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ⁹UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁰University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia
Background/Purpose: The impact of COVID-19 on pregnancy in patients with rheumatic disease is unknown. We describe COVID-19 outcomes in pregnant women with rheumatic disease who…
Abstract Number: 0018 • ACR Convergence 2020
PROMIS-29 and Health Related Quality of Life in Rheumatology Outpatients During the COVID-19 Pandemic in New York City
Gregory Vitone¹, Marianna Frey², Candace Feldman³, Lindsay Lally², Anne Bass⁴, Jane Salmon², Mary Crow², Michael Lockshin⁵, Vivian Bykerk², Medha Barbhaiya⁵ and Lisa Mandl², ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵Hospital for Special Surgery, Barbara Volcker Center for Women and Rheumatic Diseases, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Little is known about the general health and wellbeing of patients with systemic rheumatic diseases (SRD) during the COVID pandemic. We sought to compare…
Abstract Number: 0443 • ACR Convergence 2020
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups Diagnosed with Rheumatic Diseases
Emily Sirotich¹, Teresa Semalulu¹, Kevin Kennedy², Salman Surangiwala³, Maggie Larche¹, Jean Liew⁴, Mitchell Levine², Graeme Reed⁵, Naira Ikram⁶, Carly Harrison⁷, Richard Howard⁸, Rashmi Sinha⁹, Monique Gore-Massy¹⁰ and Jonathan Hausmann¹¹, ¹McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, ³Queen’s School of Medicine, Kingston, Canada, ⁴University of Washington, Seattle, ⁵Canadian Spondylitis Association, Vancouver, Canada, ⁶Duke University, Durham, ⁷Lupus Chat, NA, ⁸Spondylitis Association of America, Van Nuys, CA, ⁹SJIA Foundation, Cincinnati, ¹⁰Lupus Foundation of America, Brooklyn, NY, ¹¹Boston Children's Hospital / Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Cambridge, MA
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated structural and systematic barriers in access to healthcare for racial and ethnic minorities. The impact of these increased barriers…
Abstract Number: 0599 • ACR Convergence 2020
Evaluation of Telephone Consultations in Germany as an Additional Tool in Outpatient Rheumatology Clinics During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ulrich Drott¹, Axel Braner¹, Thomas Kollewe², Harald Burkhardt³ and Florian Meier¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, Frankfurt, Germany, ²J. W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, FB Medizin, Frankfurter Arbeitsstelle für Medizindidaktik, Frankfurt, Germany, Frankfurt, Germany, ³Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Background/Purpose: The Covid-19 pandemic holds multiple challenges for the healthcare system. Quick adoptions and adjustments are the mainstays during these times. Hygiene management and plans…
Abstract Number: 0641 • ACR Convergence 2020
Cohort of Rheumatic Patients Treated with Rituximab and COVID-19: Does Rituximab Treatment Increases the Severity of SARS-COV2 Infection?
Antía García-Fernández¹, Fernando López-Gutiérrez¹, Jesús Loarce-Martos¹, Ivan Del Bosque-Granero², Laura Calvo-Sanz¹, Boris Blanco-Cáceres¹, Cristina Pijoan-Moratalla¹, Lourdes Villalobos-Sánchez³, Javier Bachiller-Corral¹ and Mónica Vázquez¹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid
Background/Purpose: There are very few studies reporting COVID-19 in patients with rheumatic diseases, without clear evidence supporting more frequent or severe disease in these patients.…
Abstract Number: 1339 • ACR Convergence 2020
COVID-19 in Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis: A Prospective Study on the Effects of Comorbidities and DMARDs on Clinical Outcomes
Rebecca Haberman¹, Rochelle Castillo¹, Alan Chen², Di Yan¹, Deborah Ramirez², Vaish Sekar², Robert Lesser², Gary Solomon², Andrea Neimann², Rebecca Blank¹, Peter Izmirly³, Dan Webster⁴, Alexis Ogdie⁵, Andrea Troxel², Samrachana Adhikari² and Jose Scher¹, ¹NYU School of Medicine, New York City, ²NYU Langone Health, New York City, ³New York University, New York, NY, ⁴Sage Bionetworks, Seattle, ⁵Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has quickly emerged as the most challenging global health crisis in a generation. Affecting initially China, New York City (NYC) quickly…
Abstract Number: 1783 • ACR Convergence 2020
Experience of Pregnant Rheumatology Outpatients from a Tertiary Hospital in New York City During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Bessie Stamm¹, Gregory Vitone², Marianna Frey³, JoAnn Vega¹, Jane Salmon³, Mary Crow³, Vivian Bykerk³, Michael Lockshin¹, Lisa Sammaritano¹, Lisa Mandl³ and Medha Barbhaiya¹, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, Barbara Volcker Center for Women and Rheumatic Diseases, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: We aimed to evaluate the experience of pregnant rheumatology patients during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City.Methods: We emailed a…
Abstract Number: 0019 • ACR Convergence 2020
Lasting COVID-19 Impacts on US Rheumatology Practices
Lynn Price¹, Gianna Melendez¹ and Phil Pouliot¹, ¹spherix global insights, Exton, PA
Background/Purpose: In late 2019, a novel, highly contagious coronavirus (COVID-19), was discovered in China and quickly spread throughout the world, equating to arguably the largest…
Abstract Number: 0454 • ACR Convergence 2020
Anticytokine Therapies for Inflammatory Rheumatic Disease (IRD) Are Associated with Reduced Hospitalisation Following Community COVID-19 Infection; Results of the Trinity Rheumatology and Covid-19 Registry – TRACR
Rachael Flood¹, Richard Conway², David Kane¹ and Ronan Mullan¹, ¹Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ²St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Anticytokine biological disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARD), which are widely prescribed for Inflammatory Rheumatological Diseases (IRD) are currently undergoing clinical trials for the treatment…
Abstract Number: 0602 • ACR Convergence 2020
Labor Impact of SARS-COV-2 Pandemic in Argentine Rheumatologists
Scarafia Santiago¹, Emilio Buschiazzo², María Victoria Martire³, César Graf⁴ and Rodrigo Garcia Salinas⁵, ¹Hospital Municipal "San Cayetano", Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Hospital Señor del Milagro, Salta., Salta, Salta, Argentina, ³Instituto Médico Platense, La Plata, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴Sociedad Argentina de Reumatología, Paraná, Entre Rios, Argentina, ⁵Hospital Italiano La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
Background/Purpose: The novel coronavirus SARS2-COV-2 has precipitated the present outbreak of COVID-19, the worldwide spread has strong impact on general population and on healthcare workers.…
Abstract Number: 0643 • ACR Convergence 2020
Use of Biologic Treatment and Risk to Be Admitted for COVID-19 Infection
Carlos González¹, Luis Menchén¹, Indalecio Monteagudo¹, Ofelia Baniandrés², Juan Carlos Nieto Gonzalez¹, Ignacio Marín-Jiménez¹, Ana Herranz-Alonso¹, Carmen Lobo-Rodríguez¹, Amparo López-Esteban¹, Ana López¹, Arantza Ais-Larisgoitia¹, Esther Chamorro de Vega¹, Paloma Morales de los Ríos¹, Maria Jesús Lizcano¹, Jose Maria Alvaro-Gracia¹ and Sonia García de San-José¹, ¹CEIMI, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ²CEIMI, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: To analyze the risk of admission for COVID19 infection and outcome of patients treated with b/tsDMARD from our center, to compare with all patients…
Abstract Number: 1379 • ACR Convergence 2020
Clinical Outcomes Among Participants with Diffuse Systemic Sclerosis Contracting COVID-19 During Clinical Studies of Lenabasum: A Case Series
Robyn Domsic¹, Lorinda Chung², Jerry Molitor³, Robert Spiera⁴, Bradley Bloom⁵, Barbara White⁶ and Quinn Dinh⁶, ¹University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Stanford University School of Medicine and Palo Alto VA Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, ³University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA, New York, NY, ⁵Corbus Pharmaceuticals Inc, Norwood, MA, ⁶Corbus Pharmaceuticals, Norwood, MA
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) may be at increased risk for severe outcomes with COVID-19, given the high rate of immunosuppressive medication use, underlying…
Abstract Number: 1884 • ACR Convergence 2020
Disease Activity in an Axial Spondyloarthritis Cohort During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jean Liew¹, Maria Castillo², Ethan Zaccagnino², Patricia Katz³, Nigil Haroon⁴ and Lianne Gensler⁵, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ³University of California, San Francisco, Novato, CA, ⁴University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Response to the global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in shelter-in-place orders and major changes to how people go about their daily lives.…
Abstract Number: 0020 • ACR Convergence 2020
Characteristics of Rheumatology Outpatients with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 During the Pandemic in New York City
Medha Barbhaiya¹, Gregory Vitone², Marianna Frey³, Deanna Jannat-Khah⁴, Candace Feldman⁵, Lindsay Lally³, Anne Bass⁶, Jane Salmon³, Mary Crow³, Michael Lockshin¹, Vivian Bykerk³ and Lisa Mandl³, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, Barbara Volcker Center for Women and Rheumatic Diseases, New York, NY, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, ³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, NY, ⁵Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: The incidence and disease severity of COVID-19 in rheumatic disease patients, who may be at higher risk due to underlying immune dysregulation and use…
Abstract Number: 0458 • ACR Convergence 2020
Rapid Implementation of a Multidisciplinary COVID-19 Cytokine Storm Syndrome Task Force
Bibi Ayesha¹, Anand Kumthekar¹, Ruchi Jain², Sneha Patel³, Manish Ramesh¹, Denisa Ferastraoaru⁴, Golda Hudes⁴, Merhunisa Karagic⁴, Sheema Zafar¹, Rachel Bartash⁴, Natalia Vasquez-Canizares⁵, Elizabeth Kitsis⁶, Clement Tagoe⁷, Dawn Wahezi⁵, Tamar Rubinstein⁸ and Anna Broder³, ¹Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ²Montefiore Medical Center, Irvington, NY, ³Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ⁴Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, ⁵Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ⁶Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁷Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Fresh Meadows, NY, ⁸Albert Einstein College of Medicine / Montefiore Medical Center, White Plains, NY
Background/Purpose: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infected patients present with a state of ongoing inflammation and an exaggerated inflammatory state due to unregulated cytokine release called the…

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