Thread by @rheum_cat

Really enthused that some of the @rheum_covid #ILAR grant recipients could join us at this event tonight & talk about their work and their experiences
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@rheum_covid @PanlarLeague @AFLARRheum Carolina Isnardi - Argentina
on behalf of the SAR-COVID registry

@gponsestel

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@rheum_covid @PanlarLeague @AFLARRheum @gponsestel The setup of the SAR-COVID registry in Argentina

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@rheum_covid @PanlarLeague @AFLARRheum @gponsestel Accomplishments for the SAR-COVID registry

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36201124/

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35760939/

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@rheum_covid @PanlarLeague @AFLARRheum @gponsestel The impact of the SAR-COVID registry work on public health: collaboration with the Ministry of Health in Argentina

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@rheum_covid @PanlarLeague @AFLARRheum @gponsestel Elisa Palalane - Mozambique

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@rheum_covid @PanlarLeague @AFLARRheum @gponsestel Dr Palalane gives background on her country

"Mozambique has 2198 physicians corresponding to a physician-inhabitant ratio of 8.8/100 000. Currently, the country has only one rheumatologist since the end of 2019."

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@rheum_covid @PanlarLeague @AFLARRheum @gponsestel The 1st COVID wave in Mozambique occurred in August 2020

But with an emergency state declared March 2020, movement of medications including DMARDs across borders was restricted

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@rheum_covid @PanlarLeague @AFLARRheum @gponsestel Dr Palalane continues,

"COVID was declared a pandemic when I was starting Rheumatology services for the first time in my country in 2020 after returning from South Africa, where I had finished my training at the end of 2019"

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@rheum_covid @PanlarLeague @AFLARRheum @gponsestel How some of the challenges were overcome since 2020 in rheumatology in Mozambique

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@rheum_covid @PanlarLeague @AFLARRheum @gponsestel Dr Marco Martinez Martinez from Mexico

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@rheum_covid @PanlarLeague @AFLARRheum @gponsestel The work of the Mexican College of Rheumatology - 1167 cases reported to the COVID registry by 6/2022

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@rheum_covid @PanlarLeague @AFLARRheum @gponsestel Some findings:

📈Multivariable analysis: rheumatic diseases did not increase the risk of death or hospitalization

📈There was interaction of age with rheumatic diseases and the association with death or hospitalization

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@rheum_covid @PanlarLeague @AFLARRheum @gponsestel Presentations at #EULAR2021 & collaboration with Argentinian registry

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@rheum_covid @PanlarLeague @AFLARRheum @gponsestel .@doktora_ging, Philippines

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@rheum_covid @PanlarLeague @AFLARRheum @gponsestel @doktora_ging Data collection efforts for @rheum_covid resulted in nearly 300 pts, most of whom had SLE

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@rheum_covid @PanlarLeague @AFLARRheum @gponsestel @doktora_ging About half had low disease activity and half were on steroids at the time of COVID diagnosis

Med use and change data presented here - majority continued their rheum meds

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@rheum_covid @PanlarLeague @AFLARRheum @gponsestel @doktora_ging Most had symptoms, with common ones displayed here

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@rheum_covid @PanlarLeague @AFLARRheum @gponsestel @doktora_ging 41% hospitalized, with majority requiring supplemental O2

39% received steroids

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@rheum_covid @PanlarLeague @AFLARRheum @gponsestel @doktora_ging Thank you to the @rheum_covid ILAR grant recipient presenters and to all of the grant recipients and their hard work over the last few years

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