Effects of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on children, adolescents, and young adults with asthma in Rhode Island: Patterns in emergency department utilization with geospatial mapping

Abstract

Despite early concerns for increased asthma exacerbations owing to the respiratory involvement of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), trends indicate decreases in the frequency of emergency department (ED) visits and asthma-related hospitalizations for children, adolescents, and young adults with asthma during spring 2020 when the first COVID-19 cases emerged and were rising in the United States.1,2 Less is known as to whether these patterns were maintained throughout summer and fall months of 2020 as the COVID-19 rates continued to increase.