To the Editor:—The informative article by Richards et al," Status Asthmaticus in
Children"(201: 75, 1967), warrants some critical comments concerning steroid therapy for …

To the Editor:—In a recent letter to the editor, Dr. Fontana, in reference to our paper," Status
Asthmaticus in Children"(201: 75, 1967), criticized our recommendation that" corticosteroids …

To the Editor:—There is an often-quoted opinion concerning the treatment of bronchial
asthma, repeated by Kessler and Geller-Bernstein (196: 458, 1966), that asthmatic deaths in …

In Reply.—The letter of Drs Rothstein and Shapiro regarding our article," Status
Asthmaticus"(231: 1277, 1975), makes several important points on which we wish to …

To the Editor:—The editorial on asthmatic death in children (193: 678, 1965) seems very
important to us, considering the apparently paradoxical increased death rate in asthmatic …

To the Editor.—Many lessons can be learned from the instructive article by Scoggin et al on
status asthmaticus (238: 1158, 1977), not the least of which is the value of prevention …

To the Editor.—The EDITORIAL by Halpern (229: 819, 1974) revives the assumption that the
excessive use of isoproterenal aerosol has been the cause of increased asthma deaths in …

To the Editor.—The discussion by Dr. M. Henry Williams, Jr., on the use of aerosol steroids in
the treatment of asthma (231: 406, 1975) was most interesting. I agree that every effort …

To the Editor.—The article," Status Asthmaticus"(231: 1277, 1975), by Senior et al was very
well done. Nevertheless, we would like to make some additional points. The combination of …

To the Editor.—In a study of the use of drugs preceding death from asthma, Speizer et al 1
stated that further evidence is required before the effect of the bronchodilator aerosols could …