Enflurane and halothane in status asthmaticus.
A patient with status asthmaticus deteriorated while receiving conventional therapy including mechanical ventilation. She failed to respond to the inhalation of enflurane but had a beneficial response to halothane. Her subsequent course was complicated by a prolonged metabolic encephalopathy which was associated with an elevated plasma bromide level from the metabolism of halothane.
D000368:Aged; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004737:Enflurane / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006221:Halothane / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans
D004737:Enflurane; D006221:Halothane