ED visits and hospitalisation of children with asthma during the COVID-19 lockdown due to asthma exacerbations
| Hospitalisations during COVID-19 lockdown (March–May 2020) | Hospitalisations during the same time period last year (March–May 2019) | P value | ||
| n (% (95% CI)) | n (% (95% CI)) | |||
| None | 273 (92 (88.2 to 94.8)) | None | 241 (81 (76.2 to 85.4)) | <0.0001 |
| Less than | 2 20 (7 (4.2 to 10.2)) | Less than | 2 43 (15 (10.7 to 19.0)) | |
| ≥2 | 4 (1 (0.4 to 3.4)) | ≥2 | 13 (4 (2.4 to 7.4)) | |
| ED presentations during COVID-19 lockdown (March–May 2020) | ED presentations during the same time period last year (March– May 2019) | |||
| None | 217 (73 (67.6 to 78.0)) | None | 160 (54 (48 to 59.7)) | <0.0001 |
| Less than | 2 51 (17 (13.1 to 22.0)) | Less than | 2 91 (31 (25.5 to 36.2)) | |
| ≥2 | 29 (10 (6.6 to 13.7)) | ≥2 | 46 (16 (11.6 to 20.1)) | |
ED, emergency department.