Key Highlights From the Canadian Thoracic Society Position Statement on the Optimization of Asthma Management During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Western University, London, ON, Canada. Electronic address: chris.licskai@sjhc.london.on.ca.
² Department of Pediatrics, British Columbia Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
³ Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
⁵ Kingston Health Sciences Centre-Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, ON, Canada.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, North York General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁸ Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Thoracic Surgery, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Laval University, Québec, QC, Canada.
⁹ Department of Medicine, Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre, Barrie, ON, Canada.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.

Editorial

Christopher Licskai et al. Chest. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;158(4):1335-1337.

doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.05.551. Epub 2020 May 28.

¹ Department of Medicine, Western University, London, ON, Canada. Electronic address: chris.licskai@sjhc.london.on.ca.
² Department of Pediatrics, British Columbia Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
³ Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
⁵ Kingston Health Sciences Centre-Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, ON, Canada.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, North York General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁸ Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Thoracic Surgery, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Laval University, Québec, QC, Canada.
⁹ Department of Medicine, Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre, Barrie, ON, Canada.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Canadian Thoracic Society; asthma.

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