Intubation and mechanical ventilation of the asthmatic patient in respiratory failure.

*Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals, Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, †Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, and ‡Department of Emergency Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon Reprint Address: Barry Brenner, MD, PHD, Professor of Emergency Medicine, Professor of Medicine, Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals, Case Medical Center, 11100 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106