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Authors list: Kocaturk, Emek; Salman, Andac; Cherrez-Ojeda, Ivan; Criado, Paulo Ricardo; Peter, Jonny; Comert-Ozer, Elif; Abuzakouk, Mohamed; Agondi, Rosana Camara; Al-Ahmad, Mona; Altrichter, Sabine; Arnaout, Rand; Arruda, Luisa Karla; Asero, Riccardo; Bauer, Andrea; Ben-Shoshan, Moshe; Bernstein, Jonathan A.; Bizjak, Mojca; Boccon-Gibod, Isabelle; Bonnekoh, Hanna; Bouillet, Laurence; Brzoza, Zenon; Busse, Paula; Campos, Regis A.; Carne, Emily; Conlon, Niall; Criado, Roberta F.; de Souza Lima, Eduardo M.; Demir, Semra; Dissemond, Joachim; Gunaydin, Sibel Dogan; Dorofeeva, Irina; Ensina, Luis Felipe; Ertas, Ragip; Ferrucci, Silvia Mariel; Figueras-Nart, Ignasi; Fomina, Daria; Franken, Sylvie M.; Fukunaga, Atsushi; Gimenez-Arnau, Ana M.; Godse, Kiran; Goncalo, Margarida; Gotua, Maia; Grattan, Clive; Guillet, Carole; Inomata, Naoko; Jakob, Thilo; Karakaya, Gul; Kasperska-Zajac, Alicja; Katelaris, Constance H.; Kosnik, Mitja; Krasowska, Dorota; Kulthanan, Kanokvalai; Kumaran, M. Sendhil; Lang, Claudia; Ignacio Larco-Sousa, Jose; Lazaridou, Elisavet; Leslie, Tabi Anika; Lippert, Undine; Llosa, Oscar Calderon; Makris, Michael; Marsland, Alexander; Medina, Iris, V; Meshkova, Raisa; Palitot, Esther Bastos; Parisi, Claudio A. S.; Pickert, Julia; Ramon, German D.; Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Monica; Rosario, Nelson; Rudenko, Michael; Rutkowski, Krzysztof; Sanchez, Jorge; Schliemann, Sibylle; Sekerel, Bulent Enis; Serpa, Faradiba S.; Serra-Baldrich, Esther; Song, Zhiqiang; Soria, Angele; Staevska, Maria; Staubach, Petra; Tagka, Anna; Takahagi, Shunsuke; Thomsen, Simon Francis; Treudler, Regina; Vadasz, Zahava; Rodrigues Valle, Solange Oliveira; Van Doorn, Martijn B. A.; Vestergaard, Christian; Wagner, Nicola; Wang, Dahu; Wang, Liangchun; Wedi, Bettina; Xepapadaki, Paraskevi; Yucel, Esra; Zalewska-Janowska, Anna; Zhao, Zuotao; Zuberbier, Torsten; Maurer, Marcus
Publication year: 2021
Pages: 816-830
Journal: Allergy
Volume number: 76
Issue number: 3
ISSN: 0105-4538
eISSN: 1398-9995
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/all.14687
Publisher: Wiley
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically disrupts health care around the globe. The impact of the pandemic on chronic urticaria (CU) and its management are largely unknown. Aim To understand how CU patients are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic; how specialists alter CU patient management; and the course of CU in patients with COVID-19. Materials and Methods Our cross-sectional, international, questionnaire-based, multicenter UCARE COVID-CU study assessed the impact of the pandemic on patient consultations, remote treatment, changes in medications, and clinical consequences. Results The COVID-19 pandemic severely impairs CU patient care, with less than 50% of the weekly numbers of patients treated as compared to before the pandemic. Reduced patient referrals and clinic hours were the major reasons. Almost half of responding UCARE physicians were involved in COVID-19 patient care, which negatively impacted on the care of urticaria patients. The rate of face-to-face consultations decreased by 62%, from 90% to less than half, whereas the rate of remote consultations increased by more than 600%, from one in 10 to more than two thirds. Cyclosporine and systemic corticosteroids, but not antihistamines or omalizumab, are used less during the pandemic. CU does not affect the course of COVID-19, but COVID-19 results in CU exacerbation in one of three patients, with higher rates in patients with severe COVID-19. Conclusions The COVID-19 pandemic brings major changes and challenges for CU patients and their physicians. The long-term consequences of these changes, especially the increased use of remote consultations, require careful evaluation.
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Harvard Citation style: Kocaturk, E., Salman, A., Cherrez-Ojeda, I., Criado, P., Peter, J., Comert-Ozer, E., et al. (2021) The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the management and course of chronic urticaria, Allergy, 76(3), pp. 816-830. https://doi.org/10.1111/all.14687
APA Citation style: Kocaturk, E., Salman, A., Cherrez-Ojeda, I., Criado, P., Peter, J., Comert-Ozer, E., Abuzakouk, M., Agondi, R., Al-Ahmad, M., Altrichter, S., Arnaout, R., Arruda, L., Asero, R., Bauer, A., Ben-Shoshan, M., Bernstein, J., Bizjak, M., Boccon-Gibod, I., Bonnekoh, H., ...Maurer, M. (2021). The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the management and course of chronic urticaria. Allergy. 76(3), 816-830. https://doi.org/10.1111/all.14687
Keywords
Chronic urticaria; CYCLOSPORINE; OMALIZUMAB; pandemic; SARS-COV-2; SERUM; UCARE
