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Clinical features of patients with rheumatic diseases and COVID-19 infection in Sarawak, Malaysia

We read with great interest the article by Ye et al1 describing the clinical features and outcomes of patients with rheumatic diseases and COVID-19 in Wuhan, China. It concluded that length of hospital stay and mortality were similar between patients with rhe...

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Main Authors: Sharifah Aishah, Wan, Cheng, Lay Teh, Benjamin Sachdev, Manjit Singh, Yaw, Kiet Cheong, Seow, Lin Chuah, Ahmad Tirmizi, Jobli
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Language:English
Published: BMJ 2020
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R Medicine (General)
RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
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http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/30794/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-218425
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spelling my.unimas.ir.307942022-02-25T07:50:10Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/30794/ Clinical features of patients with rheumatic diseases and COVID-19 infection in Sarawak, Malaysia Sharifah Aishah, Wan Cheng, Lay Teh Benjamin Sachdev, Manjit Singh Yaw, Kiet Cheong Seow, Lin Chuah Ahmad Tirmizi, Jobli R Medicine (General) RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine We read with great interest the article by Ye et al1 describing the clinical features and outcomes of patients with rheumatic diseases and COVID-19 in Wuhan, China. It concluded that length of hospital stay and mortality were similar between patients with rheumatic diseases and non-rheumatic groups, while respiratory failure was more common in patients with rheumatic diseases infected with COVID-19. D’Silva et al2 and Zhao et al3 subsequently highlighted the differences of clinical severity and outcomes in their respective cohorts of patients with rheumatic diseases and COVID-19. Fredi et al4 presented data from northern Italy which supported an association of elderly age and the presence of comorbidities with a poor outcome of COVID-19 infection, rather than the type of rheumatic disease or background medications. The Global Rheumatology Alliance5has recently published data of characteristics associated with hospitalisation for COVID-19 among patients with rheumatic diseases. We would like to share the clinical course of COVID-19 among patients with rheumatic diseases in Sarawak. BMJ 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/30794/1/Clinical%20features%20of%20patients%20with%20rheumatic.pdf Sharifah Aishah, Wan and Cheng, Lay Teh and Benjamin Sachdev, Manjit Singh and Yaw, Kiet Cheong and Seow, Lin Chuah and Ahmad Tirmizi, Jobli (2020) Clinical features of patients with rheumatic diseases and COVID-19 infection in Sarawak, Malaysia. Ann Rheum Dis. pp. 1-2. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-218425
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topic R Medicine (General)
RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
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RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Sharifah Aishah, Wan
Cheng, Lay Teh
Benjamin Sachdev, Manjit Singh
Yaw, Kiet Cheong
Seow, Lin Chuah
Ahmad Tirmizi, Jobli
Clinical features of patients with rheumatic diseases and COVID-19 infection in Sarawak, Malaysia
description We read with great interest the article by Ye et al1 describing the clinical features and outcomes of patients with rheumatic diseases and COVID-19 in Wuhan, China. It concluded that length of hospital stay and mortality were similar between patients with rheumatic diseases and non-rheumatic groups, while respiratory failure was more common in patients with rheumatic diseases infected with COVID-19. D’Silva et al2 and Zhao et al3 subsequently highlighted the differences of clinical severity and outcomes in their respective cohorts of patients with rheumatic diseases and COVID-19. Fredi et al4 presented data from northern Italy which supported an association of elderly age and the presence of comorbidities with a poor outcome of COVID-19 infection, rather than the type of rheumatic disease or background medications. The Global Rheumatology Alliance5has recently published data of characteristics associated with hospitalisation for COVID-19 among patients with rheumatic diseases. We would like to share the clinical course of COVID-19 among patients with rheumatic diseases in Sarawak.
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author Sharifah Aishah, Wan
Cheng, Lay Teh
Benjamin Sachdev, Manjit Singh
Yaw, Kiet Cheong
Seow, Lin Chuah
Ahmad Tirmizi, Jobli
author_facet Sharifah Aishah, Wan
Cheng, Lay Teh
Benjamin Sachdev, Manjit Singh
Yaw, Kiet Cheong
Seow, Lin Chuah
Ahmad Tirmizi, Jobli
author_sort Sharifah Aishah, Wan
title Clinical features of patients with rheumatic diseases and COVID-19 infection in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_short Clinical features of patients with rheumatic diseases and COVID-19 infection in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_full Clinical features of patients with rheumatic diseases and COVID-19 infection in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_fullStr Clinical features of patients with rheumatic diseases and COVID-19 infection in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Clinical features of patients with rheumatic diseases and COVID-19 infection in Sarawak, Malaysia
title_sort clinical features of patients with rheumatic diseases and covid-19 infection in sarawak, malaysia
publisher BMJ
publishDate 2020
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/30794/1/Clinical%20features%20of%20patients%20with%20rheumatic.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/30794/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-218425
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