Treatment of status asthmaticus with halothane.
We describe two patients with status asthmaticus who did not improve with conventional treatment and remained severely bronchospastic when mechanically ventilated. Each had a prompt bronchodilator response to the administration of halothane. We discuss the potential benefits and the possible risks of this mode of therapy.
D000328:Adult; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D001249:Asthma / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D001980:Bronchi / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006221:Halothane / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D006221:Halothane