title: Ventilatory support in asthma.
abstract: Mechanical ventilation in acute asthma is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, and maximal medical therapy should prevent it being used inappropriately. We review current standards of medical therapy in acute asthma, the indications for mechanical ventilation and its management.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Therapy Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Finfer
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Garrard
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy*; D016638:Critical Illness; D006801:Humans; D007385:Intermittent Positive-Pressure Ventilation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal