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Asthma as a risk factor for hospitalization in children with COVID‐19: A nested case‐control study

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2021

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K.M. Gaietto, Megan Culler Freeman, Leigh Anne DiCicco, Sherry Rauenswinter, Joseph R Squire, Zachary Aldewereld, Jennifer Iagnemma, Brian T. Campfield, David Wolfson, Traci M. Kazmerski,
Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Abstract

In our cohort, asthma was a risk factor for hospitalization in children with COVID-19, but not for worse COVID-19 outcomes. SARS-CoV-2 does not seem to be a strong trigger for pediatric asthma exacerbations. Asthma severity was not associated with higher risk of COVID-19.

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