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This article supports the guidelines for acute severe asthma produced by the British Thoracic Society in conjunction with the Research Unit of the Royal College of Physicians of London, King's Fund Centre and the National Asthma Campaign (Br Med J 1990; 301: 797–800).
Copyright © 1991 Published by Elsevier Ltd.