Intra-articular corticosteroid injections during the COVID-19 lockdown period: A service evaluation

Musculoskeletal Care. 2021 Jun;19(2):236-243. doi: 10.1002/msc.1530. Epub 2020 Dec 5.

Authors

Ayla C Newton^{1

2}, Georgina Jones³, Jonathan W M Jones¹, Rory Norris⁴, Anthony G Barabas⁵

Affiliations

¹ Trauma & Orthopaedics, Peterborough City Hospital, Cambridgeshire, UK.
² Trauma & Orthopaedics, Cambridge University Hospital, Cambridgeshire, UK.
³ Cambridge Medical School, Cambridgeshire, UK.
⁴ Trauma & Orthopaedics, Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, UK.
⁵ Pla-stic Surgery, Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, UK.

PMID: 33278324
DOI: 10.1002/msc.1530

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; arthritis; corticosteroid injection; hand and wrist; immunosuppression; lockdown; osteoarthritis; rheumatoid.

MeSH terms

Adrenal Cortex Hormones / administration & dosage*
COVID-19 / epidemiology*
Female
Hand Joints*
Humans
Injections, Intra-Articular*
Joint Diseases / drug therapy*
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / virology
Retrospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2
United Kingdom / epidemiology
Wrist Joint*

Substances

Adrenal Cortex Hormones