TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19 lockdown dropped the rate of paediatric asthma admissions JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 809 LP - 810 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2020-319522 VL - 105 IS - 8 AU - Uros Krivec AU - Andreja Kofol Seliger AU - Janja Tursic Y1 - 2020/08/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/105/8/809.abstract N2 - During the first 5 weeks of the state’s lockdown for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), from 16 March to 20 April 2020, we observed a 71% to 78% decrease in paediatric asthma admissions compared with the same time periods in the last 3 years. Regarding common asthma attack triggers, there was a 51% to 68% decrease in admissions for acute respiratory tract infections. Airborne pollen concentrations were within seasonally expected limits. A 48% to 58% reduction in the air nitrogen dioxide (NO2) level was detected, but concentrations of particulate matter with a diameter of less than 10 µm (PM10) did not change substantially (table 1).View this table:In this windowIn a new windowTable 1 Descriptive data of asthma and respiratory tract infection admissions at Ljubljana Children’s Hospital, mean daily pollen count, and the concentrations of nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter with a … ER -