TY - JOUR T1 - Impact of COVID-19 on COPD and asthma admissions, and the pandemic from a patient's perspective JF - ERJ Open Research JO - erjor DO - 10.1183/23120541.00822-2020 VL - 7 IS - 1 SP - 00822-2020 AU - Dominic L. Sykes AU - Shoaib Faruqi AU - Luke Holdsworth AU - Michael G. Crooks Y1 - 2021/01/01 UR - http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/7/1/00822-2020.abstract N2 - The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to an overall reduction in hospital admissions in the United Kingdom (UK) with national data showing a decline in emergency admissions for respiratory illness [1, 2].There has been a significant reduction in all-cause and exacerbation-related #asthma and #COPD admissions during the #COVID19 pandemic. Patients also report a subjective decline in disease control and describe a negative impact on their mental health. https://bit.ly/2Kv0O0H ER -