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Another Italian COVID-19 dermatology report: 1,193 skin psoriasis patients on TNFi, IL17,IL23,IL12/23 & apremilast: 22 patients infected, of those 5 hospitalised, none died https://t.co/HpN908qsHd

Dr Philip Robinson @philipcrobinson ( View Tweet )

4 years 3 months ago
There have been 1,831,821 cases & 106,181 deaths from #COVID19, a 5.8% conf case-fatality rate. To put it another way, 1 out of 17 Americans w/ confirmed #SARSCoV2 has died. It is now the #1 cause of death in the US. The message is getting lost: this #pandemic is very serious.

Tatiana Prowell, MD @tmprowell ( View Tweet )

4 years 3 months ago
Increased severity of #COVID19 seen in bald men related to the androgens. @rheumnow Androgenetic Alopecia Present in the Majority of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients – the “Gabrin sign” https://t.co/T9pHuBypHp
4 years 3 months ago
#EULAR2020 Dr. Kimme Hyrich reviews the EULAR #COVID19 Registry "Most individuals with rheumatic diseases receiving immunosuppressive therapies recover from COVID19" @rheumnow https://t.co/EdVLUMyHhF
4 years 3 months ago
#EULAR2020 panel on #COVID19 spec. situatns: 1. German regtry: very few preg rheum pts w/CV19; cases mild. 2. No info how CV19 affects APS 3. Very few ped rheum cases of CV19- cases mild; outcomes sim to gen peds pop 4. Most rheum pts w/CV19 good prognosis @rheumnow https://t.co/LQVdzJKCgu
4 years 3 months ago
#EULAR2020 press conference report: Global Rheum Alliance for COVID19 and Eular registries provide reassurance to rheums and pts regarding immunosuppression and COVID19. The compiled data from over 600 pts in 40 countries. @RheumNow https://t.co/qMwGJTL041

Dr. Rachel Tate @uptoTate ( View Tweet )

4 years 3 months ago
UPI quotes Dr. Tony Fauci stating (about hydroxychloroquine) "The scientific data is really quite evident now about the lack of efficacy". Yesterday France and other countries have banned the use of HCQ to treat COVID. https://t.co/G0EuWMGTdW

Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )

4 years 3 months ago
NEJM reports no difference between 5d and 10d course of Remdesivir in severe Covid-19 not requiring mechanical ventilation; but this trial did not include a placebo control https://t.co/mxAR2qQzPa

Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )

4 years 3 months ago
Proud of this amazing collaboration with @zach_wallace_md: 52 rheumatic cases vs. 104 non-rheumatic comparators, all infected with COVID-19. Rheum cases had 3-fold risk of mechanical ventilation @BrighamResearch @MGHMedicine https://t.co/nBXe78i4JU

Jeff Sparks @jeffsparks ( View Tweet )

4 years 3 months ago
Case report in Annals Internal Med shows efficacy of tocilizumab in Cytokine Storm Syndrome; 51-yo renal transplant COVID+ pt developed multiorgan failure, cytopenias, CRP 262 mg/L, ferritin 52005 - failed MMF, DEX, tacrolimus- turned around w/ TCZ 8mg/kg https://t.co/MMNQGB9SA7

Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )

4 years 3 months ago