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  1. Article ; Online: COVID-19 and Disease-Modifying Anti-rheumatic Drugs.

    D'Silva, Kristin M / Wallace, Zachary S

    Current rheumatology reports

    2021  Volume 23, Issue 5, Page(s) 28

    Abstract: Purpose of review: Patients on disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) remain concerned about potential risks of severe COVID-19 outcomes. Meanwhile, several DMARDs have been proposed as COVID-19 therapies.: Recent findings: In patients with ... ...

    Abstract Purpose of review: Patients on disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) remain concerned about potential risks of severe COVID-19 outcomes. Meanwhile, several DMARDs have been proposed as COVID-19 therapies.
    Recent findings: In patients with autoimmune diseases, baseline glucocorticoid use is associated with severe COVID-19. While classes of DMARDs (e.g., conventional synthetic, targeted synthetic, and biologic) do not appear to be associated with higher risk, specific medications such as rituximab and sulfasalazine may be associated. Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) show that glucocorticoids reduce mortality in severe COVID-19. RCTs suggest other agents, such as baricitinib, may improve COVID-19 outcomes in certain populations. Baseline glucocorticoid use raises the risk of severe COVID-19 in patients with autoimmune diseases, but glucocorticoids are an effective treatment for those with severe COVID-19. Further research is needed to inform DMARD management in autoimmune disease patients during the pandemic and the role of DMARDs in COVID-19 treatment.
    MeSH term(s) Antirheumatic Agents/therapeutic use ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; Humans ; Pandemics ; SARS-CoV-2 ; COVID-19 Drug Treatment
    Chemical Substances Antirheumatic Agents
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-04-24
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2057357-1
    ISSN 1534-6307 ; 1523-3774
    ISSN (online) 1534-6307
    ISSN 1523-3774
    DOI 10.1007/s11926-021-00998-9
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  2. Article ; Online: COVID-19 and rheumatoid arthritis.

    D'Silva, Kristin M / Wallace, Zachary S

    Current opinion in rheumatology

    2021  Volume 33, Issue 3, Page(s) 255–261

    Abstract: Purpose of review: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) face unique challenges during the pandemic, including concerns regarding infection risk, ...

    Abstract Purpose of review: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) face unique challenges during the pandemic, including concerns regarding infection risk, drug shortages, limited access to care, social isolation, and mental health. This review will examine the multifaceted impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients living with RA.
    Recent findings: In patients with RA, risk factors for severe COVID-19 outcomes include older age and comorbidities, similar to those in the general population. Glucocorticoids, but not other classes of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), appear to be associated with a higher risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes. RA patients have been affected by changes in access to care, telemedicine, drug shortages, anxiety, and social isolation, which may contribute to disease flares.
    Summary: Glucocorticoids, but not other DMARDs, are associated with a higher risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes in RA patients. Further studies are needed to explore the impact of specific DMARDs on COVID-19 outcomes, understand the broader implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on RA disease activity, and optimize the use of telemedicine in RA management.
    MeSH term(s) Antirheumatic Agents/therapeutic use ; Arthritis, Rheumatoid/drug therapy ; Arthritis, Rheumatoid/epidemiology ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; Comorbidity ; Glucocorticoids/therapeutic use ; Humans ; Pandemics ; Risk Factors ; SARS-CoV-2
    Chemical Substances Antirheumatic Agents ; Glucocorticoids
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-02-24
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1045317-9
    ISSN 1531-6963 ; 1040-8711
    ISSN (online) 1531-6963
    ISSN 1040-8711
    DOI 10.1097/BOR.0000000000000786
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  3. Article ; Online: Gender Differences in the Amount and Type of Student Participation During In-Person and Virtual Classes in Academic Medicine Learning Environments.

    Cromer, Sara J / D'Silva, Kristin M / Phadke, Neelam A / Lord, Emma / Rigotti, Nancy A / Baer, Heather J

    JAMA network open

    2022  Volume 5, Issue 1, Page(s) e2143139

    MeSH term(s) Academic Medical Centers ; Adult ; Education, Distance/statistics & numerical data ; Education, Medical, Graduate/methods ; Education, Medical, Graduate/statistics & numerical data ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Problem-Based Learning/statistics & numerical data ; Sex Factors ; Students, Medical/statistics & numerical data
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-01-04
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ISSN 2574-3805
    ISSN (online) 2574-3805
    DOI 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.43139
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  4. Article ; Online: Incident systemic rheumatic disease following COVID-19.

    Hsu, Tiffany Y-T / D'Silva, Kristin M / Patel, Naomi J / Fu, Xiaoqing / Wallace, Zachary S / Sparks, Jeffrey A

    The Lancet. Rheumatology

    2021  Volume 3, Issue 6, Page(s) e402–e404

    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-04-06
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2665-9913
    ISSN (online) 2665-9913
    DOI 10.1016/S2665-9913(21)00106-5
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  5. Article ; Online: Systemic bevacizumab to facilitate anticoagulation in antiphospholipid syndrome and bleeding gastrointestinal angiodysplasia.

    Cheloff, Abraham Z / Song, Andrew B / D'Silva, Kristin M / Al-Samkari, Hanny

    Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis

    2021  Volume 53, Issue 3, Page(s) 708–711

    Abstract: Bleeding gastrointestinal angiodysplasia may occur in patients with vasculitis and can be challenging to treat. We describe the novel use of bevacizumab therapy to treat bleeding gastrointestinal angiodysplasia and severe anemia in a patient with ... ...

    Abstract Bleeding gastrointestinal angiodysplasia may occur in patients with vasculitis and can be challenging to treat. We describe the novel use of bevacizumab therapy to treat bleeding gastrointestinal angiodysplasia and severe anemia in a patient with eosinophilic granulomatosis with angiitis complicated by antiphospholipid antibody syndrome requiring indefinite warfarin therapy. Studies confirmed multiple bleeding jejunal angiodysplasias unamenable to endoscopic intervention, and the patient required ongoing support with iron infusions and blood transfusions to maintain a minimally acceptable hemoglobin. Given the severe anemia, need for continued, indefinite antiplatelet and anticoagulation therapy, and failure of standard treatment approaches, the patient was initiated on systemic bevacizumab therapy, on the basis of prior documented success of bevacizumab to manage gastrointestinal telangiectasias in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Bevacizumab was highly effective, with rapid resolution of bleeding, normalization of hemoglobin, liberation from hematologic support and no adverse events, including no thromboembolic events. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF-A) rose paradoxically after initiation of bevacizumab and normalized after its discontinuation. Given these findings, use of systemic bevacizumab to manage bleeding angiodysplasia in patients with acquired vascular disorders merits further study.
    MeSH term(s) Anemia ; Angiodysplasia/complications ; Angiodysplasia/drug therapy ; Anticoagulants/therapeutic use ; Antiphospholipid Syndrome/complications ; Antiphospholipid Syndrome/drug therapy ; Bevacizumab/therapeutic use ; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/drug therapy ; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/etiology ; Hemoglobins ; Hemorrhage/drug therapy ; Humans ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
    Chemical Substances Anticoagulants ; Hemoglobins ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A ; Bevacizumab (2S9ZZM9Q9V)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-10-25
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1230645-9
    ISSN 1573-742X ; 0929-5305
    ISSN (online) 1573-742X
    ISSN 0929-5305
    DOI 10.1007/s11239-021-02590-5
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  6. Article ; Online: Increased Risk of COVID-19 in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: A General Population-Based Cohort Study.

    Wang, Yilun / D'Silva, Kristin M / Jorge, April M / Li, Xiaoxiao / Lyv, Houchen / Wei, Jie / Zeng, Chao / Lei, Guanghua / Zhang, Yuqing

    Arthritis care & research

    2022  Volume 74, Issue 5, Page(s) 741–747

    Abstract: Objective: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at an increased risk of acquiring infections owing to immunologic dysfunction and use of potent immunomodulatory medications; however, few data are available on their risk of COVID-19. We estimated ... ...

    Abstract Objective: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at an increased risk of acquiring infections owing to immunologic dysfunction and use of potent immunomodulatory medications; however, few data are available on their risk of COVID-19. We estimated the rate of COVID-19 among RA participants and compared it with that of the general population.
    Methods: Using the Health Improvement Network, we identified RA patients before February 2020 and followed them to September 2020. We calculated the rate of COVID-19 among participants with RA and compared it with that of the general population using a Cox proportional hazards model, adjusting for potential confounders using overlap weighting of exposure score. We repeated the same analysis among participants with osteoarthritis, a nonautoimmune rheumatic disease, as a negative control exposure.
    Results: We identified 225 cases of suspected and confirmed COVID-19 among 17,268 RA patients, and 14,234 cases among 1,616,600 participants in the general population (1.4 versus 0.9/1,000 person-months), with the adjusted hazard ratio (HR
    Conclusion: RA, but not osteoarthritis, was associated with an increased risk of COVID-19. Our findings provide timely evidence to support recommendations that booster vaccines and priority access to anti-SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibody treatments should be encouraged for RA patients.
    MeSH term(s) Arthritis, Rheumatoid/complications ; Arthritis, Rheumatoid/diagnosis ; Arthritis, Rheumatoid/epidemiology ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; Cohort Studies ; Humans ; Osteoarthritis/complications ; Osteoarthritis/diagnosis ; Osteoarthritis/epidemiology ; Proportional Hazards Models
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-08
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 645059-3
    ISSN 2151-4658 ; 0893-7524 ; 2151-464X
    ISSN (online) 2151-4658
    ISSN 0893-7524 ; 2151-464X
    DOI 10.1002/acr.24831
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  7. Article: Transient blindness with periorbital erythema and swelling: Manifestations of recurrent systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Hafeez, Farhaan / Gunasekera, Nicole S / D'Silva, Kristin M / Nazarian, Rosalynn M

    JAAD case reports

    2019  Volume 5, Issue 12, Page(s) 1088–1090

    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-11-22
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Case Reports
    ZDB-ID 2834220-3
    ISSN 2352-5126
    ISSN 2352-5126
    DOI 10.1016/j.jdcr.2019.10.009
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  8. Article ; Online: Response to: 'Correspondence on 'SARS-CoV-2 antibody response after COVID-19 in patients with rheumatic disease'' by C

    D'Silva, Kristin M / Serling-Boyd, Naomi / Hsu, Tiffany Y-T / Sparks, Jeffrey A / Wallace, Zachary Scott

    Annals of the rheumatic diseases

    2021  Volume 82, Issue 6, Page(s) e131

    MeSH term(s) Humans ; SARS-CoV-2 ; COVID-19 ; Antibody Formation ; Rheumatic Diseases/complications ; Rituximab ; Vaccination
    Chemical Substances Rituximab (4F4X42SYQ6)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-03-10
    Publishing country England
    Document type Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Letter ; Comment
    ZDB-ID 7090-7
    ISSN 1468-2060 ; 0003-4967
    ISSN (online) 1468-2060
    ISSN 0003-4967
    DOI 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-220166
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  9. Article ; Online: SARS-CoV-2 antibody response after COVID-19 in patients with rheumatic disease.

    D'Silva, Kristin M / Serling-Boyd, Naomi / Hsu, Tiffany Y-T / Sparks, Jeffrey A / Wallace, Zachary S

    Annals of the rheumatic diseases

    2021  Volume 80, Issue 6, Page(s) 817–819

    MeSH term(s) Antibodies, Viral ; Antibody Formation ; Antirheumatic Agents/therapeutic use ; Autoimmune Diseases ; COVID-19 ; Humans ; Rheumatic Diseases/complications ; Rheumatic Diseases/drug therapy ; SARS-CoV-2
    Chemical Substances Antibodies, Viral ; Antirheumatic Agents
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-01-12
    Publishing country England
    Document type Letter ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 7090-7
    ISSN 1468-2060 ; 0003-4967
    ISSN (online) 1468-2060
    ISSN 0003-4967
    DOI 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-219808
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  10. Article ; Online: Risk of Incident Atrial Fibrillation With Zoledronic Acid Versus Denosumab: A Propensity Score-Matched Cohort Study.

    D'Silva, Kristin M / Cromer, Sara Jane / Yu, Elaine W / Fischer, Michael / Kim, Seoyoung C

    Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research

    2020  Volume 36, Issue 1, Page(s) 52–60

    Abstract: Zoledronic acid (ZA) is an effective agent in osteoporosis and malignancy-related bone disease but may be associated with increased risk of atrial fibrillation (AF), although current studies disagree on this risk. To examine the risk of incident AF among ...

    Abstract Zoledronic acid (ZA) is an effective agent in osteoporosis and malignancy-related bone disease but may be associated with increased risk of atrial fibrillation (AF), although current studies disagree on this risk. To examine the risk of incident AF among patients receiving ZA compared with denosumab in the first year of treatment, we performed a new-user, active comparator cohort study including privately insured Americans between January 1, 2010, and June 30, 2019. Individuals aged ≥50 years without known arrhythmia or advanced kidney disease who initiated ZA were 1:1 propensity score (PS)-matched to individuals initiating denosumab in separate osteoporosis and malignancy cohorts. The primary outcome was incident diagnosis of AF (≥1 inpatient or ≥2 outpatient diagnostic codes) over 1 year. Secondary outcomes included stroke/transient ischemic attack (TIA) and nonvertebral fracture. In the osteoporosis cohort (n = 16,235 pairs), mean age was 71 years, and 93% were female. There was higher risk of AF with ZA compared with denosumab over 1 year (incidence rate [IR] = 18.6 versus 14.9 per 1000 person-years; hazard ratio [HR] = 1.25; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.04 to 1.50). In the malignancy cohort (n = 7732 pairs), mean age was 70 years, and 66% were female. There was a numerically higher, albeit not statistically significant, risk of AF with ZA compared with denosumab over 1 year (IR = 46.9 versus 39.0 per 1000 person-years; HR = 1.19; 95% CI 1.00 to 1.43; p = 0.06). No difference in stroke/TIA rates occurred. In the malignancy cohort, ZA was less effective than denosumab at preventing nonvertebral fractures (HR = 1.32; 95% CI 1.01 to 1.74). Compared with denosumab, ZA treatment for osteoporosis and possibly for malignancy-related bone disease is associated with modestly increased risk of incident AF in the first year of treatment. © 2020 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR).
    MeSH term(s) Atrial Fibrillation/drug therapy ; Atrial Fibrillation/epidemiology ; Bone Density Conservation Agents/therapeutic use ; Cohort Studies ; Denosumab/adverse effects ; Female ; Humans ; Propensity Score ; Zoledronic Acid
    Chemical Substances Bone Density Conservation Agents ; Denosumab (4EQZ6YO2HI) ; Zoledronic Acid (6XC1PAD3KF)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-11-02
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 632783-7
    ISSN 1523-4681 ; 0884-0431
    ISSN (online) 1523-4681
    ISSN 0884-0431
    DOI 10.1002/jbmr.4174
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