Prevalence and Outcome of Asthma in Adult Patients Admitted to the Emergency Department for COVID-19: A Case-Control Study
Applied Sciences
; 13(1):44, 2023.
Article
in English
| MDPI | ID: covidwho-2166202
ABSTRACT
(1) Background:
Viral respiratory infections are common triggers for asthma exacerbation, often leading patients to the emergency department (ED). COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, typically presents with respiratory symptoms, from minor symptoms, up to and including severe acute respiratory failure. Data on the association between asthma and COVID-19 are conflicting, and those from an ED setting are scarce. Our aims were to assess the prevalence and outcome of patients with asthma admitted to the ED for COVID-19. (2)Methods:
We performed a case-control study, extracting data from a registry of adult patients with confirmed COVID-19 consecutively admitted to the ED of our hospital between March 2020 and January 2021. (3)Results:
We identified 83 patients with asthma out of 935 individuals (prevalence 8.9%). There were no significant differences between cases and controls regarding both the proportion of hospital admissions and patients with critical COVID-19. (OR 1.37;95% CI 0.52-3.56;and (OR 0.74;95% CI 0.31-1.78 respectively). (4)Conclusions:
In patients admitted to the ED for COVID-19, the prevalence of asthma was not higher than expected, and asthma was not associated with a worse outcome, in terms of the rate of hospitalization and critical COVID-19 disease.
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Applied Sciences
Year:
2023
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Article
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