Featured Publications
Removing barriers and disparities in health: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
Sirotich E, Hausmann J. Removing barriers and disparities in health: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Reviews Rheumatology 2020, 17: 125-126. PMID: 33028959, PMCID: PMC7540430, DOI: 10.1038/s41584-020-00524-8.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Patient perspectives on telemedicine use in rheumatology during the COVID-19 pandemic: survey results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance
Maheswaranathan M, Miller B, Ung N, Sinha R, Harrison C, Egeli B, Degirmenci H, Sirotich E, Liew J, Grainger R, Chock E. Patient perspectives on telemedicine use in rheumatology during the COVID-19 pandemic: survey results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance. Clinical Rheumatology 2023, 43: 543-552. PMID: 37552351, DOI: 10.1007/s10067-023-06717-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultCOVID-19FemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPandemicsRheumatic DiseasesRheumatologyTelemedicineConceptsRheumatic diseasesPerson visitsTelemedicine useMedication changesCOVID-19 pandemicCare of patientsPerspectives of patientsMethodsAn anonymous online surveyPerspectives of telemedicineDisease activityComplete responseMost patientsPatient's perspectiveTelemedicine effectivenessPatientsAnonymous online surveyFree-text responsesSimilar effectivenessDiseaseVisitsTelemedicine usersRheumatologyYounger participantsTelemedicineClinical tasks
2021
Association Between Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors and the Risk of Hospitalization or Death Among Patients With Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Disease and COVID-19
Izadi Z, Brenner E, Mahil S, Dand N, Yiu Z, Yates M, Ungaro R, Zhang X, Agrawal M, Colombel J, Gianfrancesco M, Hyrich K, Strangfeld A, Carmona L, Mateus E, Lawson-Tovey S, Klingberg E, Cuomo G, Caprioli M, Cruz-Machado A, Mazeda Pereira A, Hasseli R, Pfeil A, Lorenz H, Hoyer B, Trupin L, Rush S, Katz P, Schmajuk G, Jacobsohn L, Seet A, Al Emadi S, Wise L, Gilbert E, Duarte-García A, Valenzuela-Almada M, Isnardi C, Quintana R, Soriano E, Hsu T, D’Silva K, Sparks J, Patel N, Xavier R, Marques C, Kakehasi A, Flipo R, Claudepierre P, Cantagrel A, Goupille P, Wallace Z, Bhana S, Costello W, Grainger R, Hausmann J, Liew J, Sirotich E, Sufka P, Robinson P, Machado P, Griffiths C, Barker J, Smith C, Yazdany J, Kappelman M, Bachelez H, Capon F, Coker B, De La Cruz C, Mason K, Di Meglio P, Gelfand J, Gisondi P, Iversen L, Jullien D, Lambert J, Langan S, McAteer H, Meynell F, Moorhead L, Naldi L, Puig L, Reynolds N, Spuls P, Torres T, Tsakok T, Vincent A, Warren R, Waweru H, Ng S, Gearry R, Reinisch W, Rahier J, Lewis J, Kaplan G, Steinwurz F, Kissous-Hunt M, Modesto I, Konings M, Dahou B, Gómez G, Roberts K, Baez R, Castro Coello V, Haye Salinas M, Maldonado F, Reyes A, Alle G, Tanten R, Maldonado Ficco H, Nieto R, Gobbi C, Tissera Y, Pisoni C, Paula A, Albiero J, Schmid M, Cosatti M, Gamba M, Leandro C, Cusa M, German N, Bellomio V, Takashima L, Pera M, Cogo K, Gálvez Elkin M, Medina M, Savio V, Rojas Tessel R, Alamino R, Werner M, Ornella S, Casalla L, de la Vega M, Severina M, García M, Gonzalez Lucero L, Romeo C, Moyano S, Barbich T, Bertoli A, Baños A, Petruzzelli S, Matellan C, Conti S, Lazaro M, Rodriguez Gil G, Risueño F, Quaglia M, Scafati J, Cuchiaro N, Rebak J, Pineda S, Calvo M, Picco E, Yanzi J, Maid P, Guaglianone D, Morbiducci J, Porta S, Herscovich N, Velasco Zamora J, Kisluk B, Castaños Menescardi M, Gallo R, Martire M, Maldini C, Goizueta C, de la Vega Fernandez S, Aeschlimann C, Subils G, Rath E, Piette Y, Devinck M, Maeyaert B, Machado Ribeiro F, Euzebio Ribeiro S, Pinheiro M, Ibáñez S, Chassin Trubert A, Dong L, Cajas L, Barešić M, Anić B, Čulo M, Pavelić T, Stranski K, Karanovic B, Vencovsky J, Píchová M, Filkova M, Hamoud H, Vassilopoulos D, Guzman Melgar G, So H, Király M, Vojdanian M, Balbir Gurman A, Abutiban F, Zepa J, Bulina I, Bukauskiene L, Zazueta Montiel B, Castillo Ortiz A, Zamora Tehozol E, Vega Morales D, Cervántes Rosete D, Martín Nares E, Rodriguez Reyna T, Rull Gabayet M, Alpízar Rodríguez D, Irazoque F, Jimenez X, Geurts van Bon L, Zijlstra T, Hoekstra M, Al Adhoubi N, Salim B, Giraldo E, Salinas A, Ugarte Gil M, Nowakowski J, Conway R, Flood R, McCarthy G, Felea I, Filipescu I, Rednic S, Groseanu L, Tamas M, Mlynarikova V, Skamlova M, Zlnay M, Mičeková D, Capova L, Macejova Z, Šteňová E, Raffayova H, Belakova G, Strakova E, Senčarová M, Žlnayová S, Sabová A, Spisakova D, Oetterová M, Lukacova O, Bakosova M, Hocevar A, de la Torre Rubio N, Alegre Sancho J, Corteguera Coro M, Cobeta Garcia J, Torres Martin M, Campos J, Gomez Puerta J, Yardımcı G, Akar S, Icacan O, ÇELİK S, Vasylets V, Yeoh S, Vandevelde C, Dunt S, Leeder J, Macphie E, Salerno R, Graver C, Williams K, O'Reilly S, Devine K, Tyler J, Warner E, Pilcher J, Patel S, Nikiphorou E, Chadwick L, Jones C, Harrison B, Thornton L, O'Kane D, Fusi L, Low A, Horton S, Jatwani S, Baig S, Bajwa H, Berglund V, Dahle A, Dorman W, Hargrove J, Hilton M, Lebedoff N, Leonard S, Morgan J, Pfeifer E, Skemp A, Wilson J, Wolff A, Cepeda E, Todd D, Hare D, Calabrese C, Adams C, Khosroshahi A, Kilian A, White D, Winter M, Fields T, Siegel C, Daver N, Harvey M, Kramer N, Lamore C, Hogarty S, Yeter K, Siddique F, Ban B, Tanner T, Ruderman E, Davis W, Quinet R, Scopelitis E, Toribio K, Webb Detiege T, Zakem J, Abbass K, Kepecs G, Miranda L, Guma M, Haikal A, Mody S, Mueller D, Jayatilleke A, Zell J, Bays A, Dao K, Ezzati F, Parks D, Karp D, Quiceno G. Association Between Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors and the Risk of Hospitalization or Death Among Patients With Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Disease and COVID-19. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2129639. PMID: 34661663, PMCID: PMC8524310, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.29639.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTNF inhibitor monotherapyCOVID-19-associated hospitalizationTumor necrosis factor inhibitorsNecrosis factor inhibitorsInhibitor monotherapyInflammatory bowel diseaseTNF inhibitorsCOVID-19 outcomesPooled analysisMethotrexate monotherapyImmunomodulatory treatmentMethotrexate therapyClinical characteristicsCohort studyBowel diseaseFactor inhibitorsInflammatory diseasesMAIN OUTCOMEAdverse COVID-19 outcomesCOVID-19Multivariable logistic regression modelMultilevel multivariable logistic regression modelsJAK inhibitor monotherapyKinase inhibitor monotherapyRisk of hospitalization
2020
Swinging the pendulum: lessons learned from public discourse concerning hydroxychloroquine and COVID-19
Sattui S, Liew J, Graef E, Coler-Reilly A, Berenbaum F, Duarte-García A, Harrison C, Konig M, Korsten P, Putman M, Robinson P, Sirotich E, Ugarte-Gil M, Webb K, Young K, Kim A, Sparks J. Swinging the pendulum: lessons learned from public discourse concerning hydroxychloroquine and COVID-19. Expert Review Of Clinical Immunology 2020, 16: 659-666. PMID: 32620062, PMCID: PMC7594186, DOI: 10.1080/1744666x.2020.1792778.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCapturing Patient‐Reported Outcomes During the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Development of the COVID‐19 Global Rheumatology Alliance Patient Experience Survey
Sirotich E, Dillingham S, Grainger R, Hausmann J, Robinson P, Yazdany J, Grainger R, Wallace Z, Bhana S, Sirotich E, Liew J, Hausmann J, Machado P, Costello W. Capturing Patient‐Reported Outcomes During the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Development of the COVID‐19 Global Rheumatology Alliance Patient Experience Survey. Arthritis Care & Research 2020, 72: 871-873. PMID: 32386125, PMCID: PMC7272930, DOI: 10.1002/acr.24257.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCharacteristics associated with hospitalisation for COVID-19 in people with rheumatic disease: data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registry
Gianfrancesco M, Hyrich K, Al-Adely S, Carmona L, Danila M, Gossec L, Izadi Z, Jacobsohn L, Katz P, Lawson-Tovey S, Mateus E, Rush S, Schmajuk G, Simard J, Strangfeld A, Trupin L, Wysham K, Bhana S, Costello W, Grainger R, Hausmann J, Liew J, Sirotich E, Sufka P, Wallace Z, Yazdany J, Machado P, Robinson P. Characteristics associated with hospitalisation for COVID-19 in people with rheumatic disease: data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registry. Annals Of The Rheumatic Diseases 2020, 79: 859-866. PMID: 32471903, PMCID: PMC7299648, DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217871.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalAntimalarialsAntirheumatic AgentsArthritis, PsoriaticArthritis, RheumatoidBetacoronavirusBiological ProductsCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19FemaleGlucocorticoidsHospitalizationHumansJanus Kinase InhibitorsLupus Erythematosus, SystemicMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisPandemicsPneumonia, ViralPrednisoneProtective FactorsRegistriesRheumatic DiseasesRisk FactorsSARS-CoV-2Severity of Illness IndexSpondylarthropathiesTumor Necrosis Factor InhibitorsVasculitisYoung AdultConceptsDisease-modifying antirheumatic drugsRheumatic diseasesHospitalisation statusHigher oddsNon-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug useConventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugsAnti-inflammatory drug useOdds of hospitalisationRheumatic disease diagnosisRheumatic disease medicationsMultivariable-adjusted modelsMultivariable logistic regressionJanus kinase inhibitorCOVID-19 outcomesCOVID-19Prednisone doseAntirheumatic drugsGlucocorticoid exposureInhibitor useAntimalarial useClinical factorsCase seriesSmoking statusReduced oddsDecreased oddsThe Rheumatology Community responds to the COVID-19 pandemic: the establishment of the COVID-19 global rheumatology alliance
Wallace Z, Bhana S, Hausmann J, Robinson P, Sufka P, Sirotich E, Yazdany J, Grainger R. The Rheumatology Community responds to the COVID-19 pandemic: the establishment of the COVID-19 global rheumatology alliance. Rheumatology 2020, 59: 1204-1206. PMID: 32374851, PMCID: PMC7239169, DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keaa191.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFestina lente: hydroxychloroquine, COVID-19 and the role of the rheumatologist
Graef E, Liew J, Putman M, Simard J, Sirotich E, Berenbaum F, Duarte-García A, Grainger R, Harrison C, Konig M, Korsten P, Proulx L, Richards D, Robinson P, Sattui S, Ugarte-Gil M, Young K, Kim A, Sparks J. Festina lente: hydroxychloroquine, COVID-19 and the role of the rheumatologist. Annals Of The Rheumatic Diseases 2020, 79: 734-736. PMID: 32295786, PMCID: PMC7359879, DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217480.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA Rush to Judgment? Rapid Reporting and Dissemination of Results and Its Consequences Regarding the Use of Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19
Kim A, Sparks J, Liew J, Putman M, Berenbaum F, Duarte-García A, Graef E, Korsten P, Sattui S, Sirotich E, Ugarte-Gil M, Webb K, Grainger R, . A Rush to Judgment? Rapid Reporting and Dissemination of Results and Its Consequences Regarding the Use of Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2020, 172: m20-1223. PMID: 32227189, PMCID: PMC7138335, DOI: 10.7326/m20-1223.Peer-Reviewed Original Research