Risk of COVID-19 hospital admission among children aged 517 years with asthma in Scotland: a national incident cohort study, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

National cohort study (n=752,867) found the risk of COVID-19 hospital admission was markedly increased in children with asthma with previous recent hospital admission (HR 6.40; 95% CI 3.27 –12.53) or ≥2 courses of oral corticosteroids (3.53; 1.87-6.67).
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