Abstracts tagged "COVID-19"

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…
Abstract Number: 0605 • ACR Convergence 2020
How Did SARS-CoV2/COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Rheumatology Practice in Latin America? A Regional Survey from PANLAR
Daniel Fernández-Ávila¹, Julián Barahona-Correa¹, Diana Romero-Alvernia¹, Sergio Kowalski², Ana María Sapag Durán³, Antonio Cachafeiro Vilar⁴, Belia Lucía Meléndez Muñoz⁵, Carlos Santiago Pastelín⁶, Daniel Palleiro Rivero⁷, Dina María Arrieta⁸, Guillermo Pons-Estel⁹, Jossiell Then Báez¹⁰, Manuel Ugarte-Gil¹¹, Mario Cardiel¹², Nelly Colman¹³, Nilmo Chávez Pérez¹⁴, Paula Burgos¹⁵, Rubén Montufar¹⁶, Sayonara Sandino¹⁷, Yurilis Fuentes-Silva¹⁸ and Enrique Soriano¹⁹, ¹Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogota, Colombia, ²Unidad de Investigación PANLAR. Universidade Federal do Paraná, Paraná, Brazil, ³Hospital Universitario Japonés, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, ⁴Pacífica Salud - Hospital Punta Pacífica,, Ciudad de Panamá, Panama, ⁵Hospital de la Policía Nacional N1 Quito, Quito, Ecuador, ⁶Instituto Hondureño de la Seguridad Social, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, ⁷Instituto Nacional de Reumatología del Uruguay - Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay, ⁸Hospital México, San José de Costa Rica, Costa Rica, ⁹Centro Regional de Enfermedades Autoinmunes y Reumáticas (GO-CREAR), Rosario, Argentina, ¹⁰Hospital Metropolitano de Santiago (HOMS), Santiago, Dominican Republic, ¹¹Servicio de Reumatología. Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen and Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru, ¹²Centro de Investigación Clínica de Morelia, Morelia, Mexico, ¹³Hospital de Clínicas - Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Asunción, Paraguay, ¹⁴Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala, ¹⁵Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile, ¹⁶Consultorio de Especialidades del Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social, San Salvador, El Salvador, ¹⁷Policlínica Nicaragüense, Managua, Nicaragua, ¹⁸Centro Clínico Universitario de Oriente - Universidad de Oriente, Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela, ¹⁹Department of Public Health, Instituto Universitario, Escuela de Medicina Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Services, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Since December 2019, a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic was declared. Social isolation became a mainstay for the prevention of disease expansion. Outpatient follow-up of…
Abstract Number: 0644 • ACR Convergence 2020
Characterizations of Cytokine Storm Associated with COVID19
Ofer Perzon¹, Avi Abutbul¹, Sigal Sviri¹ and Dror Mevorach¹, ¹Hadassah-University Hospital, Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel
Background/Purpose: COVID-19, the name given to the clinical syndrome associated with the newly recognized virus SARS-CoV-2 has become pandemic with mortality estimated based on reports…
Abstract Number: 1416 • ACR Convergence 2020
Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Patients Living with Vasculitis
Shubhasree Banerjee¹, Michael George², Kalen Young³, Shilpa Venkatachalam⁴, Jennifer Gordon⁵, Cristina Burroughs⁶, David Curtis⁷, Marcela Ferrada⁸, Kelly Gavigan⁹, Peter C. Grayson¹⁰, Joyce Kullman¹¹, Jeffrey R Curtis¹², Dianne Shaw³, William Nowell¹³ and Peter Merkel², ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Vasculitis Foundation, Kansas City, ⁴Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, ⁵Temple University, Philadelphia, ⁶University of South Florida, Tampa, ⁷Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York City, ⁸Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, Vasculitis Translational Research Program, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁹Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ¹⁰Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Bethesda, MD, ¹¹Vasculitis Foundation, Kansas City, MO, ¹²Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹³Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York City, NY
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to impact how patients with vasculitis interact with health care systems due to concerns about infections. This study…
Abstract Number: 1961 • ACR Convergence 2020
Decreased Visits in RISE Practices Due to the SARS-CoV-2 Global Pandemic
Jing Li¹, Sarah Ringold², Jeffrey R Curtis³, Kaleb Michaud⁴, Tracy Johansson⁵, Jinoos Yazdany⁶ and Gabriela Schmajuk⁷, ¹University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Seattle Children's, Seattle, WA, ³Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁵Adult / ACR Test Training Program #4, Atlanta, GA, ⁶UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁷University of California, San Francisco, Atherton, CA
Background/Purpose: The SARS-CoV-2 global pandemic has resulted in major disruptions to medical care, including rheumatology. We aimed to understand the changes in clinical visit counts…
Abstract Number: 0003 • ACR Convergence 2020
Assessing Cytokine Profiles and COVID Serology in Patients on Immunosuppression to Guide Care Recommendations
Quinn Pritchett¹, Rebecca Overbury¹, Dorota Lebiedz-Odrobina¹, Julie Thomas¹, Tawnie Braaten², Stacey Clardy¹, Marc Elgort³, Emily Spivak¹, Patricia Slev³, Lisa Peterson³ and Tracy Frech⁴, ¹University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²University of Utah, Salt Lake City, ³ARUP, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴University of Utah and Salt Lake Veterans Affair Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic is especially terrifying for patients on immunosuppression for autoimmune disease. With the exception of social isolation, experts do not have clear…
Abstract Number: 0021 • ACR Convergence 2020
Prioritizing Patient Safety While Maintaining Study Integrity During COVID-19: Lupus Intervention Fatigue Trial Modifications and Lessons Learned
Dominique Kinnett-Hopkins¹, Linda Ehrlich-Jones², Holly Milaeger³, Alanna Kenney³, Lorena Rosiles³ and Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman⁴, ¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, ³Northwestern University, Chicago, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic has drastically impacted the health system and the research community. Many research institutions and funding agencies recommended…
Abstract Number: 0464 • ACR Convergence 2020
Assessment of the COVID-19 Pandemic from the Perspective of People with Rheumatic Musculoskeletal Diseases in Europe. Preliminary Results from the REUMAVID Study
Marco Garrido-Cumbrera¹, Helena Marzo-Ortega², José Correa-Fernández³, Sergio Sanz-Gomez⁴, Laura Christen⁵ and Victoria Navarro-Compán⁶, ¹Health & Territory Research (HTR), Universidad de Sevilla / Spanish Federation of Spondyloarthritis Associations, Sevilla, Spain, ²The University of Leeds, Leeds Institute for Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Health & Territory Research (HTR), Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain, ⁴Health & Territory Research, Seville, Spain, ⁵Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁶Hospital Universitario La Paz IdiPaz, Madrid, Pais Vasco, Spain
Background/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented public health crisis affecting people worldwide, including those with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDS). REUMAVID aims to assess…
Abstract Number: 0607 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Evolution of Rheumatologist’s Practice in Response to the COVID19 Pandemic
Maria Bacalao¹, Kathryn Dao² and John Cush², ¹UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, ²University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: The COVID19 pandemic was a turning point for Rheumatology. This survey of rheumatologists (rheums) assessed its impact on care delivery, patient counseling and drug…
Abstract Number: 0645 • ACR Convergence 2020
Prevalence and Clinical Features of COVID-19 in a Large Cohort of 199 Patients with Sarcoidosis
Anne-Claire Desbois¹, Cindy Marques¹, Leila Lefèvre¹, Serge Barmo¹, Camille Lorenzo¹, Mathilde Leclercq¹, Gaëlle Leroux¹, Chloé Comarmond¹, Catherine Chapelon-Abric¹, Fanny Domont¹, David Saadoun¹ and Patrice Cacoub¹, ¹AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, F-75013, Paris, France, Centre national de références Maladies Autoimmunes et systémiques rares et Maladies Autoinflammatoires rares, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: To investigate the prevalence, clinical features and outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among sarcoidosis patients.Methods: We retrospectively collected clinical features, treatments and outcomes…
Abstract Number: 1469 • ACR Convergence 2020
Characteristics of Adult Patients with Rheumatic Diseases During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Data from an International Patient Survey
Jonathan Hausmann¹, Kevin Kennedy², Salman Surangiwala³, Maggie Larche⁴, Mitchell Levine², Jean Liew⁵, Zachary Wallace⁶ and Emily Sirotich⁴, ¹Boston Children's Hospital / Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Cambridge, MA, ²McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, ³Queen’s School of Medicine, Kingston, Canada, ⁴McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁵University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁶Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatic diseases are at increased risk of infection due to immune dysregulation and the use of immunosuppression. It is unknown whether they…
Abstract Number: 1962 • ACR Convergence 2020
Utilization of Telehealth Among Patients with Rheumatic Diseases in the Early Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Kristin Wipfler¹, Yomei Shaw², Teresa Simon³, Adam Cornish¹, Patricia Katz⁴ and Kaleb Michaud⁵, ¹FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Omaha, NE, ²FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, East Lansing, MI, ³Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (at time of analysis), Princeton, NJ, ⁴University of California, San Francisco, Novato, CA, ⁵University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Many health care providers replaced in-person clinical visits with telehealth visits or expanded their telehealth offerings due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We sought to…
Abstract Number: 0004 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Patients with Chronic Rheumatic Diseases: A Study in 15 Arab Countries
Nelly Ziade¹, Lina El Kibbi², Ihsane Hmamouchi³, Nizar Abdulateef⁴, Hussein Halabi⁵, Wafa Hamdi⁶, Fatemah Abutiban⁷, Manal el Rakawi⁸, Mervat Eissa⁹ and Basel Masri¹⁰, ¹Saint-Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon, Beirut, Lebanon, ²Specialized Medical Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ³Temara Hospital, Laboratory of Biostatistics, Clinical Research and Epidemiology (LBRCE), Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco, Rabat, Morocco, ⁴Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq, ⁵King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ⁶Department of Rheumatology, Kassab Institute of orthopedics, UR17SP04, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunis El Manar University, Tunisia, Tunis, Tunisia, ⁷Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Jaber Alahmed Alsabah hospital, State of Kuwait, Jahra, Kuwait, ⁸Departement of Rheumatology, Douera Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saad Dahlab, Blida, Algeria, Blida, Algeria, ⁹Rheumatology Department, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, Cairo, Egypt, ¹⁰Jordan Hospital, Amman, Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic (COVID-19) on the access to rheumatology care for patients with chronic rheumatic diseases in…
Abstract Number: 0028 • ACR Convergence 2020
Pain in the Time of Corona: Impact of COVID 19 Outbreak on Fibromyalgia Patients
Valerie Aloush¹, Avital Gurfinkel², Noam Shachar³, Jacob Ablin¹ and Odelia Elkana⁴, ¹Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ²Academic College TelAviv- Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel, ³Acamedic College Tel Aviv- Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁴Academic College Tel Aviv Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder, characterized by abnormal pain processing in the central nervous system. Acute or chronic stress may trigger or aggravate…
Abstract Number: 0465 • ACR Convergence 2020
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Effect on Patients with Chronic Rheumatologic Disease Regarding the Value of Vaccination Recommendations
Rebecca Overbury¹, Gregory Stoddard² and Tracy Frech³, ¹University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, ²University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ³University of Utah and Salt Lake Veterans Affair Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Background/Purpose: Vaccinations are an important component of care in rheumatology as many patients are immunocompromised by treatment therapies. Patients are sometimes reticent to receive recommended…

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