@article{Alsallakh_M-2021_32882,
title = {Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on the incidence and mortality of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: national interrupted time series analyses for Scotland and Wales},
author = {Alsallakh, M. and Sivakumaran, S. and Kennedy, S. and Vasileiou, E. and Lyons, R. and Robertson, C. and Sheikh, A. and Davies, G. and EAVE II Collaboration},
month = {may},
year = {2021},
abstract = {BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing national lockdowns have dramatically changed the healthcare landscape. The pandemic's impact on people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains poorly understood. We hypothesised that the UK-wide lockdown restrictions were associated with reductions in severe COPD exacerbations. We provide the first national level analyses of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and first lockdown on severe COPD exacerbations resulting in emergency hospital admissions and/or leading to death as well as those recorded in primary care or emergency departments.},
volume = {19},
issue = {1},
journal = {BMC Medicine},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-021-02000-w},
}
