title: Use of ether in life-threatening acute severe asthma.
abstract: Two patients with acute severe asthma who had failed to improve with conventional treatment, mechanical ventilation, and halothane showed prompt bronchodilator response following administration of diethyl ether by inhalation. Airway pressures fell, and there was a dramatic improvement in blood gas analysis and clinical condition.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Steedman
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Sinclair
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Malcolm-Smith
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004986:Ether / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005019:Ethyl Ethers / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D006221:Halothane / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D005019:Ethyl Ethers; D004986:Ether; D006221:Halothane