Predictors of hospitalization in patients with rheumatic disease and COVID-19 in Ireland: data from the COVID-19 global rheumatology alliance registry.
Richard P ConwayElena NikiphorouChristiana A DemetriouCandice LowKelly LeamyJohn G RyanRonan KavanaghAlexander D FraserJohn J CareyPaul O'ConnellRachael M FloodRonan H MullanDavid J KanePhilip C RobinsonJean W LiewPhilip C RobinsonGeraldine M McCarthynull nullPublished in: Rheumatology advances in practice (2021)
Increasing age, co-morbidity burden and glucocorticoid use were associated with hospitalization, whereas a diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis was associated with lower odds of hospitalization.