Rheumatologists' practice during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: a survey in Egypt

被引：30

作者：

Gheita, Tamer A. ^{[1
]}

Salem, Mohamed N. ^{[2
]}

Eesa, Nahla N. ^{[1
]}

Khalil, Noha M. ^{[3
]}

Gamal, Nada M. ^{[4
]}

Noor, Rasha Abdel ^{[5
]}

Moshrif, Abdel Hafeez ^{[6
]}

El Shereef, Rawhya ^{[7
]}

Ismail, Faten ^{[7
]}

Noshy, Nermeen ^{[8
]}

Fawzy, Rasha M. ^{[9
]}

Elshebini, Emad ^{[10
]}

Khalifa, Iman ^{[11
]}

El Saadany, Hanan ^{[12
]}

Tharwat, Samar ^{[13
]}

El-Najjar, Amany ^{[14
]}

Fattah, Yousra Abdel ^{[15
]}

Sallam, Rehab ^{[16
]}

El-Bahnasawy, Amany S. ^{[16
]}

Gharbia, Ola ^{[16
]}

Hassan, Eman ^{[17
]}

ElShanawany, Amira ^{[18
]}

Mohamed, Eman F. ^{[19
]}

Senara, Soha ^{[20
]}

Ismail, Mervat ^{[21
]}

Nasef, Samah, I ^{[22
]}

Abdalla, Ahmed M. ^{[23
,24
]}

Elessawi, Dina ^{[25
]}

Fawzy, Samar M. ^{[1
]}

Abu Alfadl, Esam ^{[26
,27
]}

Khalifa, Asmaa ^{[26
]}

Abaza, Nouran M. ^{[28
]}

机构：

[1] Cairo Univ, Fac Med, Rheumatol Dept, Cairo, Egypt

[2] Beni Suef Univ, Fac Med, Internal Med Dept, Rheumatol Unit, Bani Suwayf, Egypt

[3] Cairo Univ, Fac Med, Internal Med Dept, Rheumatol Unit, Cairo, Egypt

[4] Assiut Univ, Fac Med, Rheumatol Dept, Asyut, Egypt

[5] Tanta Univ, Internal Med Dept, Rheumatol Unit, Tanta, Egypt

[6] Al Azhar Univ, Fac Med, Rheumatol Dept, Asyut, Egypt

[7] Minia Univ, Fac Med, Rheumatol Dept, Al Minya, Egypt

[8] Ain Shams Univ, Fac Med, Internal Med Dept, Rheumatol Unit, Cairo, Egypt

[9] Benha Univ, Fac Med, Rheumatol Dept, Banha, Egypt

[10] Menoufiya Univ, Internal Med Dept, Rheumatol Unit, Menoufia, Egypt

[11] Helwan Univ, Fac Med, Pediat Rheumatol Dept, Cairo, Egypt

[12] Tanta Univ, Fac Med, Rheumatol Dept, Tanta, Egypt

[13] Mansoura Univ, Fac Med, Rheumatol Unit, Internal Med Dept, Mansoura, Egypt

[14] Zagazig Univ, Fac Med, Rheumatol Dept, Zagazig, Egypt

[15] Alexandria Univ, Fac Med, Rheumatol Dept, Alexandria, Egypt

[16] Mansoura Univ, Fac Med, Rheumatol Dept, Mansoura, Egypt

[17] Alexandria Univ, Fac Med, Rheumatol Unit, Internal Med Dept, Alexandria, Egypt

[18] Menoufiya Univ, Fac Med, Rheumatol Dept, Menoufia, Egypt

[19] Al Azhar Univ, Fac Med, Internal Med Dept, Rheumatol Unit, Cairo, Egypt

[20] Fayoum Univ, Fac Med, Rheumatol Dept, Al Fayyum, Egypt

[21] Beni Suef Univ, Fac Med, Rheumatol Dept, Bani Suwayf, Egypt

[22] Suez Canal Univ, Fac Med, Rheumatol Dept, Ismailia, Egypt

[23] Aswan Univ, Fac Med, Rheumatol Dept, Aswan, Egypt

[24] Med Univ Vienna, Dept Internal Med 3, Div Rheumatol, Vienna, Austria

[25] Egyptian Atom Energy Author EAEA, Rheumatol Unit, Internal Med Dept, Cairo, Egypt

[26] Sohag Univ, Fac Med, Rheumatol Dept, Sohag, Egypt

[27] Qena Luxor Hosp, Qena, Egypt

[28] Ain Shams Univ, Fac Med, Rheumatol Dept, Cairo, Egypt

来源：

RHEUMATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL | 2020年 / 40卷 / 10期

关键词：

Rheumatologists; Practice; Survey; COVID-19; pandemic; Egyptian college of rheumatology; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE;

D O I：

10.1007/s00296-020-04655-9

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

The aim of this work is to trace how rheumatologists all over Egypt are approaching the COVID-19 pandemic and what changes it has brought about in the patients' care with special attention to its effect on vulnerable rheumatic disease (RD) patients. This survey further aims to help inform the rheumatology community about the changes in practice during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey included 26 questions distributed to University staff members across Egypt members of the Egyptian College of Rheumatology (ECR). It takes 5-10 min to fill out. The practice setting of participating rheumatologists included University Teaching Hospitals that are the main rheumatology and clinical immunology service providers for adults and children RD patients. There was an overall agreement across the country in the responses to the survey that took a median time of 7 min to fill in. Potential changes in rheumatology outpatient practice by staff members evolved since the COVID-19 pandemic. None of the university rheumatology staff members has prescribed chloroquine or HCQ to prevent or treat COVID-19 in a non-hospitalized patient who was not previously on it. Twenty-three recommended decrease/avoid NSAIDs if the RD patient had confirmed COVID-19 or symptoms. There is an agreement to the key emerging frontline role of rheumatologists in treating COVID-19. During the pandemic, RD cases requiring admission were dealt with by several modified strategies. The overall agreement among the different university rheumatology departments during such critical situation has provoked the ECR to consider providing provisional guidelines for dealing with RD patients during this global catastrophe.

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页码：1599 / 1611

页数：13

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