Pediatric Emergency Visits for Asthma Drop Significantly with COVID19 School Closure
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چکیده
Asthma exacerbations in children leading to emergency room (ER) visits are often cited as increasing the autumn and may be associated with weather change or pollen. Some studies reference school stress opening a factor this peak of asthma ER visits. We reporting significant decrease for hospital Detroit, Michigan correlating Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID19) closure from March 15th May 31st 2020. Total pediatric astha were collected by ICD9 code 2020 same time period children's MI. Weather data was compared both years on an online website (Weather Underground). ED significantly decreased:1304 vs 260 average 17+5.0 3.5+4.2 daily 2.5-month (p=.001) during early COVID19 pandemic, despite no two previous years. The drop is consistent observations that attendence correlates spike asthma. This observation strongly emphasizes need more reopens order verify increased attendance elucidate specific triggers.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1097-6825', '0091-6749', '1085-8725']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2020.12.541