Comment on Ye et al ‘Presence of respiratory failure of COVID-19 infection in rheumatism patients in Wuhan, China’
Comment on Ye et al ‘Presence of respiratory failure of COVID-19 infection in rheumatism patients in Wuhan, China’
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对 Ye 等人“中国武汉风湿病患者出现 COVID-19 感染呼吸衰竭”的评论
DOI:
10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-218451
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发表时间:
2020-07
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通讯作者:
James Cheng Chung Wei
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作者:
Xiao-Huan Chen;Chih-Jung Yeh;Han-You Mo;James Cheng Chung Wei
We read with great interest the article by Ye et al ,1 which reported the clinical features of COVID-19 in patients with rheumatic diseases, most notably that respiratory failure developed more commonly in patients with rheumatic disease infected with COVID-19 than those without rheumatic disease (38% vs 10%, p<0.001). The authors collected data from a total of 2326 patients with COVID-19 from 13 January to 15 March 2020, including 21 cases in combination with rheumatic disease, and conducted a retrospective case series study of their laboratory indices. However, some conclusions and findings in the study need to be further clarified.
First, the sample size of patients with rheumatic disease infected with COVID-19 was only 21—too small to extrapolate results with statistical confidence. Rheumatic diseases often affect the lungs, which can cause further damage to …
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27.4
作者:
Ye, Cong;Cai, Shaozhe;Dong, Lingli
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Dong, Lingli
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13.8
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Borba, Mayla Gabriela Silva;Val, Fernando Fonseca Almeida;Lacerda, Marcus Vinicius Guimaraes
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Lacerda, Marcus Vinicius Guimaraes
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5
作者:
Sharmeen, Saika;Elghawy, Ahmed;Yao, Qingping
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Yao, Qingping