Primary care of children and young people with asthma during the Covid-19 era
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Author(s)
Creese, Hanna-Marie
Taylor-Robinson, David
Saglani, Sejal
Saxena, Sonia
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Around 1.1 million children and young people (CYP)currently receive treatment for asthma in the United Kingdom (UK)(1). The UK performs poorly compared with other European countries in children's outcomes of asthma management and has had amongst the highest number of reported asthma deaths in Europesince 1998 (2). We evaluate evidenceofthe impact of Covid-19 on CYP with asthma and consider what actionsgeneral practitioners can take to protect these children from serious harm.
Date Issued
2020-10-29
Date Acceptance
2020-09-24
Citation
British Journal of General Practice, 2020, 70 (700), pp.528-529
ISSN
0960-1643
Publisher
Royal College of General Practitioners
Start Page
528
End Page
529
Journal / Book Title
British Journal of General Practice
Volume
70
Issue
700
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Subjects
Adolescent
Asthma
Betacoronavirus
Child
Communicable Disease Control
Comorbidity
Coronavirus Infections
Environmental Exposure
Humans
Incidence
Pandemics
Patient Care Management
Pneumonia, Viral
Primary Health Care
Respiratory Tract Infections
Risk Assessment
Seasons
Symptom Flare Up
United Kingdom
Vaccination
Humans
Respiratory Tract Infections
Pneumonia, Viral
Coronavirus Infections
Asthma
Vaccination
Incidence
Risk Assessment
Seasons
Environmental Exposure
Comorbidity
Communicable Disease Control
Adolescent
Child
Patient Care Management
Primary Health Care
Pandemics
Symptom Flare Up
United Kingdom
Betacoronavirus
Public Health
1117 Public Health and Health Services
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-10-29