Early impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children with pediatric rheumatic diseases

• Jonathan S. Hausmann ,
• Kevin Kennedy ,
• Salman Surangiwala,
• Maggie J. Larche,
• Rashmi Sinha,
• Karen Durrant,
• Gary Foster ,
• Mitchell Levine,
• Lehana Thabane,
• Wendy Costello ,
• Philip C. Robinson,
• Jean W. Liew,
• Jinoos Yazdany,
• Emily Sirotich,
• on behalf of COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance

Affiliations

Jonathan S. Hausmann

Program in Rheumatology, Division of Immunology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

Kevin Kennedy

Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Salman Surangiwala

Queen’s University School of Medicine, Kingston, ON, Canada

Maggie J. Larche

Divisions of Rheumatology/Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Rashmi Sinha

Systemic JIA Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, USA

Karen Durrant

Autoinflammatory Alliance, San Francisco, CA, USA

Gary Foster

Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Mitchell Levine

Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Lehana Thabane

Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

Wendy Costello

Irish Children’s Arthritis Network (iCAN), Tipperary, Ireland

Philip C. Robinson

School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Jean W. Liew

Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

Jinoos Yazdany

Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

Emily Sirotich

Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada; Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance, Toronto, ON, Canada

on behalf of COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance

on behalf of COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance