TY - JOUR T1 - Treating acute asthma – salbutamol may not always be the right answer JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med SP - 181 LP - 182 DO - 10.7861/clinmedicine.12-2-181 VL - 12 IS - 2 AU - Sharon Sturney AU - Jay Suntharalingam Y1 - 2012/04/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/12/2/181.abstract N2 - β2 agonists are used as first-line treatment in acute asthma. However, they may paradoxically worsen respiratory failure through development of lactic acidosis ER -