Interpretation of Systemic Sclerosis and the COVID-19 Pandemic：World Scleroderma Foundation Preliminary Advice for Patient Management

doi:10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2021.00.445

Abstract

Abstract: Currently，COVID-19 continues to overwhelmingly hit almost all the countries of the world．It is noteworthy that patients with systemic sclerosis are considered to be a group at risk for disease deterioration and even death when they get infected COVID-19 due to the co-morbidity of interstitial lung disease and widespread use of glucocorticoids and immunosuppressive agents．In this case，the World Scleroderma Foundation put forward recommendations for the management of patients with SSc．We introduced and interpreted these recommendations，with a summary of present treatment strategies for SSc patients with COVID-19，aiming to provide more options for clinical management of these patients．
Scleroderma，systemic；COVID-19；Systemic sclerosis；Interstitial lung disease；Treatment

摘要： 新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）仍在世界范围内流行，系统性硬化症（SSc）患者因常继发间质性肺疾病且广泛使用激素及免疫抑制剂而在疫情期间应受到关注，其一旦感染则面临着疾病恶化甚至死亡的风险。因此世界硬皮病基金会（WSF）针对COVID-19大流行提出了SSc患者的管理建议，本文通过对该建议进行解读与评析，对目前SSc合并COVID-19治疗手段进行了总结与展望，为SSc患者在COVID-19大流行下的临床治疗提供参考。

关键词: 硬皮病, 系统性；新型冠状病毒肺炎；系统性硬化症；间质性肺疾病；治疗

CUI Jiehan,YANG Lin,WANG Xiaoping, et al. Interpretation of Systemic Sclerosis and the COVID-19 Pandemic：World Scleroderma Foundation Preliminary Advice for Patient Management　[J]. Chinese General Practice, 2021, 24(17): 2218-2223. DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2021.00.445.
崔洁涵,杨林,汪晓平等. 2020年《系统性硬化症和COVID-19大流行：世界硬皮病基金会对患者管理的初步建议》解读[J]. 中国全科医学, 2021, 24(17): 2218-2223. DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2021.00.445.

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