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Jeffrey A. Sparks
Researcher at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Publications - 241
Citations - 6310
Jeffrey A. Sparks is an academic researcher from Brigham and Women's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 155 publications receiving 3163 citations. Previous affiliations of Jeffrey A. Sparks include National Institutes of Health & Partners HealthCare.
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Persistence and Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in an Immunocompromised Host.
Bina Choi,Manish Chandra Choudhary,James Regan,Jeffrey A. Sparks,Robert F. Padera,Xueting Qiu,Isaac H. Solomon,Hsiao Hsuan Kuo,Julie Boucau,Kathryn Bowman,U. Das Adhikari,Marisa L. Winkler,Alisa A. Mueller,Tiffany Y.T. Hsu,Michaël Desjardins,Lindsey R. Baden,Brian Chan,Bruce D. Walker,Mathias Lichterfeld,Manfred Brigl,Douglas S. Kwon,Sanjat Kanjilal,Eugene T Richardson,A. Helena Jonsson,Galit Alter,Amy K. Barczak,William P. Hanage,Xu G. Yu,Gaurav D. Gaiha,Michael S. Seaman,Manuela Cernadas,Jonathan Z. Li +31 more
TL;DR: An immunocompromised patient who had persistent infection with SARS-CoV-2 over a period of months, despite several courses of treatment, is described.
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Factors associated with COVID-19-related death in people with rheumatic diseases: results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registry.
Anja Strangfeld,Martin Schäfer,Milena A. Gianfrancesco,Saskia Lawson-Tovey,Jean W. Liew,Lotta Ljung,Elsa F Mateus,Christophe Richez,Maria José Santos,Gabriela Schmajuk,Carlo Alberto Scirè,Emily Sirotich,Jeffrey A. Sparks,Paul Sufka,Thierry Thomas,Laura Trupin,Zachary S. Wallace,Sarah Al-Adely,Javier Bachiller-Corral,Suleman Bhana,Patrice Cacoub,Loreto Carmona,Ruth Costello,Wendy Costello,Laure Gossec,Rebecca Grainger,Eric Hachulla,Rebecca Hasseli,Jonathan S. Hausmann,Kimme L. Hyrich,Zara Izadi,Lindsay Jacobsohn,Patricia P. Katz,Lianne Kearsley-Fleet,Philip Robinson,Philip Robinson,Jinoos Yazdany,Pedro Machado +37 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors determined factors associated with COVID-19-related death in people with rheumatic diseases, including age, sex, smoking status, comorbidities, diagnosis, disease activity and medications.
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2021 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Liana Fraenkel,Joan M. Bathon,Bryant R. England,E. William St. Clair,Thurayya Arayssi,Kristine Carandang,Kevin D. Deane,Mark C. Genovese,Kent Kwas Huston,Gail S. Kerr,Joel M. Kremer,Mary C. Nakamura,Linda A. Russell,Jasvinder A. Singh,Benjamin J Smith,Jeffrey A. Sparks,Shilpa Venkatachalam,Michael E. Weinblatt,Mounir Al-Gibbawi,Joshua F. Baker,Kamil E. Barbour,Jennifer L. Barton,Laura C. Cappelli,Fatimah Chamseddine,Michael D. George,Sindhu R. Johnson,Lara A Kahale,Basil S. Karam,Assem M. Khamis,Iris Navarro-Millán,Reza Mirza,Pascale Schwab,Namrata Singh,Marat Turgunbaev,Amy S. Turner,Sally Yaacoub,Elie A. Akl +36 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed clinically relevant population, intervention, comparator, and outcomes (PICO) questions to develop updated guidelines for the pharmacologic management of rheumatoid arthritis.
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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and rheumatic disease: a comparative cohort study from a US 'hot spot'.
Kristin M. D’Silva,Naomi Serling-Boyd,Rachel Wallwork,Tiffany Y.T. Hsu,Xiaoqing Fu,Ellen M. Gravallese,Hyon K. Choi,Jeffrey A. Sparks,Zachary S. Wallace +8 more
TL;DR: Patients with rheumatic disease and COVID-19 infection were more likely to require mechanical ventilation but had similar clinical features and hospitalisation rates as those without rhematic disease.
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A Rush to Judgment? Rapid Reporting and Dissemination of Results and Its Consequences Regarding the Use of Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19.
Alfred H.J. Kim,Jeffrey A. Sparks,Jean W. Liew,Michael S. Putman,Francis Berenbaum,Alí Duarte-García,Elizabeth R. Graef,Peter Korsten,Sebastian E. Sattui,Emily Sirotich,Manuel F. Ugarte-Gil,Kate Webb,Rebecca Grainger +12 more
TL;DR: The authors appraise the study generating this interest and highlight the potential consequences of rapid dissemination of overinterpreted data, particularly for people with conditions for which hydroxychloroquine has demonstrated benefits in preventing organ damage and life-threatening disease flares.