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Review
. 2023 Jul;28(7):603-614.
doi: 10.1111/resp.14515. Epub 2023 May 8.

Covid-19 pandemic and asthma: What did we learn?

Chloe I Bloom  1
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Free article
Review

Covid-19 pandemic and asthma: What did we learn?

Chloe I Bloom. Respirology. 2023 Jul.
Free article

Abstract

This review addresses some of the major lessons we have learnt regarding asthma and the covid-19 pandemic, including susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe covid-19, potentially protective factors, comparison to other respiratory infections, changes in healthcare behaviour from the perspective of patients and clinicians, medications to treat or prevent covid-19, and post-covid syndrome.

Keywords: asthma; covid-19; exacerbations; inhaled corticosteroids; pandemic.

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