Patel, ShreyaThompson, MistySlaven, JamesSanders, DonRen, Clement2021-04-022021-04-022020Patel, S., Thompson, M., Slaven, J., Sanders, D., & Ren, C. (2020). Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Pulmonary Exacerbations. Authorea Preprints. https://doi.org/10.22541/au.160491826.69450223/v1https://hdl.handle.net/1805/25540To assess the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on cystic fibrosis (CF) pulmonary exacerbations (PEx) we performed a retrospective review of PEx events at our CF Center and compared the rate of PEx in 2019 vs 2020. Restrictions on social interaction due to the COVID-19 pandemic were associated with a lower rate of PEx at our pediatric CF Center, suggesting that these restrictions also reduced exposure to other respiratory viral infection in children with CF.enCOVID-19cystic fibrosisCF pulmonary exacerbationsPreprint