Coronavirus disease 2019 outcomes among patients with rheumatic diseases 6 months into the pandemic

…, R Wallwork, X Fu, EM Gravallese, AM Jorge… - Annals of the …, 2021 - ard.bmj.com
… During the initial crisis phase of the pandemic in Boston, Massachusetts (March and April
2020), we performed a comparative cohort study that demonstrated similar odds of …

Unchanging premature mortality trends in systemic lupus erythematosus: a general population-based study (1999–2014)

AM Jorge, N Lu, Y Zhang, SK Rai, HK Choi - Rheumatology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Objective Patients with SLE have increased morbidity and premature mortality. Whether this
mortality gap has improved in recent years, as in RA, is unknown. Methods We conducted a …

Non-operative management of symptomatic cholelithiasis in pregnancy is associated with frequent hospitalizations

AM Jorge, RN Keswani, A Veerappan, NJ Soper… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Symptomatic cholelithiasis (SC) is common in pregnancy. Guidelines recommend laparoscopic
cholecystectomy (LC) for SC in pregnancy. Our aim was to evaluate current practice …

Hydroxychloroquine dose per ophthalmology guidelines and the risk of systemic lupus erythematosus flares

AM Jorge, C Mancini, B Zhou, G Ho, Y Zhang… - JAMA, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| We identified patients with SLE from Massachusetts General Hospital who had 2
or more rheumatology visits and used hydroxychloroquine between January 1, 2016, and …

Increased risk of COVID‐19 in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a general population‐based cohort study

Y Wang, KM D'Silva, AM Jorge, X Li… - Arthritis Care & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at an increased risk of acquiring infections
owing to immunologic dysfunction and use of potent immunomodulatory medications; …

[HTML][HTML] Hydroxychloroquine prescription trends and predictors for excess dosing per recent ophthalmology guidelines

AM Jorge, RB Melles, Y Zhang, N Lu, SK Rai… - Arthritis research & …, 2018 - Springer
Background Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) retinopathy may be more common than previously
recognized; recent ophthalmology guidelines have revised recommendations from ideal …

Comparison of an administrative algorithm for SLE disease severity to clinical SLE Disease Activity Index scores

…, D Li, H Guan, K Yoshida, E Stevens, AM Jorge… - Rheumatology …, 2020 - Springer
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) severity, reflecting both disease intensity and duration,
is heterogeneous making it challenging to study in administrative databases where severity …

The effect of statin use on mortality in systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases

AM Jorge, N Lu, SF Keller, SK Rai, Y Zhang… - The Journal of …, 2018 - jrheum.org
Objective. Systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARD) are associated with an increased
risk of premature cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause mortality. We examined …

Sharp decline in hydroxychloroquine dosing—analysis of 17,797 initiators from 2007 to 2016

RB Melles, AM Jorge, MF Marmor, Y Zhang… - Clinical rheumatology, 2018 - Springer
We aimed to assess the impact of ophthalmology weight-based hydroxychloroquine (HCQ)
dosing guidelines on prescribing patterns. We examined initial HCQ prescription dosing …

Statin use and mortality in gout: a general population-based cohort study

SF Keller, SK Rai, N Lu, A Oza, AM Jorge… - Seminars in Arthritis and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives Gout is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease and premature
mortality. We examined the potential survival benefit of statin use among gout patients in the …