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. 2021 May;9(5):2073-2076.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2021.02.008. Epub 2021 Feb 16.

Pediatric asthma exacerbations during the COVID-19 pandemic: Absence of the typical fall seasonal spike in Washington, DC

William J Sheehan  1 , Shilpa J Patel  2 , Rachel H F Margolis  3 , Eduardo R Fox  4 , Deborah Q Shelef  5 , Nikita Kachroo  3 , Dinesh Pillai  5 , Stephen J Teach  6
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Pediatric asthma exacerbations during the COVID-19 pandemic: Absence of the typical fall seasonal spike in Washington, DC

William J Sheehan et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2021 May.
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Figure 1
Asthma-related health care utilization by month (2016-2020). Asthma-related ED visits, hospitalizations, and PICU admissions over time by month between 2016 and 2020. The P values are for comparisons of mean monthly numbers for fall seasons of 2016-2019 to fall season of 2020.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Ratio of asthma-related hospitalizations to ED visits by month (2016-2020). Ratio of asthma-related hospitalizations to ED visits by month between 2016 and 2020. The P value is for a comparison of mean monthly numbers for fall seasons 2016-2019 to fall season of 2020.
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