Multiple cardiac arrests following an overdose of caffeine complicated by penetrating trauma.
Emohare O, Ratnam V
Department of Surgery, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK.
A 28-year-old man was admitted following a massive caffeine overdose and a self inflicted gunshot wound in an apparent suicide attempt. Although initially stable on admission, he subsequently suffered multiple cardiac arrests and generalised seizures within 23 h of admission; over the next 48 h, he developed rhabdomyolysis. The importance of early management in caffeine overdose is highlighted.
Published 13 January 2006 in Anaesthesia, 61(1): 54-6.
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