Tables
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The number of admissions and admission-related information from March 23–June 1 in 2018, 2019, and 2020
2018 2019 2020 p-value Age years 69.6±14.8 68.9±15.1 66.8±15.2 0.136 Female % 62.2 61.5 60.5 Total admissions n 1730 1797 1138 COPD diagnosis 1072 (62.0) 1095 (60.9) 666 (58.5) Asthma diagnosis 665 (38.4) 715 (39.8) 477 (41.9) Mean admissions per week 173.0±13.2 179.7±12.9 113.8±13.0 <0.001 COPD admissions per week 107.2±8.7 109.5±6.2 66.1±9.0 <0.001 Asthma admissions per week 66.5±8.7 70.0±9.6 47.7±9.4 <0.001 Total exacerbation admissions (% of total admissions) 360 (20.8) 366 (20.3) 157 (13.7) <0.001 COPD exacerbation 292 (81.1) 288 (78.7) 126 (80.8) Asthma exacerbation 68 (18.9) 78 (21.3) 31 (19.2) Mean exacerbations per week 36±6.8 36.6±7.9 15.7±2.9 <0.001 COPD exacerbations per week 29.2±6.3 29.4±6.4 12.6±3.2 <0.001 Asthma exacerbations per week 6.8±3.0 7.8±2.2 3.0±1.5 <0.001 Level of care Ward admission 321 (82.7) 331 (83.8) 150 (87.7) 0.326 COPD n 254 258 122 Asthma n 67 73 28 HDU admission 56 (14.5) 52 (13.2) 13 (7.6) 0.028 COPD n 54 48 13 Asthma n 2 4 0 ICU admission 11 (2.8) 12 (3.0) 8 (4.7) 0.245 COPD n 10 10 5 Asthma n 1 2 3 Admission and treatment Steroid prescription 343 (88.4) 348 (88.1) 137 (80.1) 0.004 Median (range) length of stay 3.0 (1–73) 3.0 (1–120) 3.0 (1–32) 0.540 Deaths 22 (5.7) 26 (6.6) 9 (5.3) 0.788 Data are presented as mean±sd or n (%), unless otherwise stated. HDU: high-dependency unit; ICU: intensive care unit.
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Impact of COVID-19 on COPD and asthma admissions, and the pandemic from a patient's perspective
