• Thorax · May 2021

    Multicenter Study

    COVID-19 public health measures: a reduction in hospital admissions for COPD exacerbations.

    • Jing Yuan Tan, Edwin Philip Conceicao, Liang En Wee, Xiang Ying Jean Sim, and Indumathi Venkatachalam.
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore jingyuan.tan@mohh.com.sg.
    • Thorax. 2021 May 1; 76 (5): 512-513.

    AbstractHospitalisations for acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD) carry significant morbidity and mortality. Respiratory viral infections (RVIs) are the most common cause of AECOPD and are associated with worse clinical outcomes. During the COVID-19 pandemic, public health measures, such as social distancing and universal masking, were originally implemented to reduce transmission of SARS-CoV-2; these public health measures were subsequently also observed to reduce transmission of other common circulating RVIs. In this study, we report a significant and sustained decrease in hospital admissions for all AECOPD as well as RVI-associated AECOPD, which coincided with the introduction of public health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic.© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

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