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Correspondence on ‘Characteristics associated with hospitalisation for COVID-19 in people with rheumatic disease: data from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician-reported registry’ by Gianfrancesco et al. Compassionate use of tocilizumab in severe COVID-19 with hyperinflammation prior to advent of clinical trials – a real-world district general hospital experience

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  • Correction notice This article has been corrected since it published Online First. Data within the table has been corrected.

  • Contributors We can confirm that this manuscript has not been published and is not under consideration for publication in another journal. We can also confirm that all authors have contributed to the production of this publication. Dr AK was involved in the entire production of the manuscript, data collection and analysis as well as direct patient care and decision-making. Dr AC helped to put the draft together and proof-reading. Dr NB, Dr ZF and Dr DM were involved directly in patient care and also helped with proof-reading and draft rewrites. Dr ME-H, Mr DA and Dr TA were directly involved in patient care as well as data collection and analysis for the manuscript. Dr JJM was our tertiary care Rheumatologist who helped our local Rheumatology team with patient care. She also proof-read the manuscript and helped with draft rewrites. Finally, Dr JM-C was directly involved with patient care, helped with data collection and also proof-read the manuscript. Overall, each author meets the authorship criteria of the ICMJE.

  • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

  • Competing interests None declared.

  • Patient and public involvement Patients and/or the public were not involved in the design, or conduct, or reporting or dissemination plans of this research.

  • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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