title: Controversies in the management of life threatening asthma.
abstract: Asthma has a complex aetiology with many precipitating factors leading to a final common pathway of airway inflammation and bronchospasm. Patients with asthma are at risk of developing acute exacerbations. A subgroup of these patients develop severe exacerbations. This review will focus on some of the issues in the management of adults with life threatening asthma that remain controversial.
authors.affiliation: Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust, Colney Lane, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7UY.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Innes