Perioperative use of disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in people with inflammatory arthritis (Protocol)

Ville Ponkilainen, Teemu V. Karjalainen, Ilari Kuitunen, Mikko Uimonen, Renea V. Johnston, Antti Saarinen, Samuel L. Whittle, Jodie C. Avery, Vanessa Glennon, Liesl Grobler, Rachelle Buchbinder

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Abstract

Objectives: This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows:. To assess the benefits and harms of perioperative interruption versus continuation of biologic, conventional synthetic, and targeted synthetic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs in people with inflammatory arthritis, in terms of worsening of underlying inflammatory disease and postoperative complications, such as infection and altered wound healing.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberCD015096
Number of pages16
JournalCochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Volume2022
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

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