Childhood asthma outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from the PeARL multi-national cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The interplay between COVID-19 pandemic and asthma in children is still unclear. We evaluated the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on childhood asthma outcomes.

Methods

The PeARL multinational cohort included 1,054 children with asthma and 505 non-asthmatic children aged between 4 and 18 years from 25 pediatric departments, from 15 countries globally. We compared the frequency of acute respiratory and febrile presentations during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic between groups and with data available from the previous year. In children with asthma, we also compared current and historical disease control.

Results

During the pandemic, children with asthma experienced fewer upper respiratory tract infections, episodes of pyrexia, emergency visits, hospital a

SUBMITTER: Papadopoulos NG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8013557 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature