PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sharon Sturney
AU  - Jay Suntharalingam
TI  - Treating acute asthma – salbutamol may not always be the right answer
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.12-2-181
DP  - 2012 Apr 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 181--182
VI  - 12
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/12/2/181.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/12/2/181.full
SO  - Clin Med2012 Apr 01; 12
AB  - β2 agonists are used as first-line treatment in acute asthma. However, they may paradoxically worsen respiratory failure through development of lactic acidosis