@proceedings{Smith_S-2021_19397,
title = {Asthma deaths in Scotland during the first peak of COVID-19: Did reduced hospital admission result in excess asthma mortality?},
author = {Smith, S. and Royle, A. and Jackson, D. and Levy, M. and Lee, W. and Shepherd, M. and Yang, F. and Armstrong, M. and Chaudhuri, R.},
month = {jan},
year = {2021},
abstract = {IntroductionDuring the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK there was a reduction in A&amp;E attendances and hospital admissions. Monthly excess deaths peaked in April 2020; driven by COVID-19.1We investigated whether hospital admissions due to asthma were reduced in April 2020 compared to the previous five years and if this was accompanied by an increase in asthma deaths.},
pages = {A234-A235},
volume = {76},
issue = {S1},
journal = {Thorax},
publisher = {BMJ Publishing Group},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thorax-2020-BTSabstracts.410},
}
