[Severe Caffeine Intentional Intoxication and Delayed Elimination: a Case Report]

Therapie. 2015 Nov-Dec;70(6):551-3. doi: 10.2515/therapie/2015045. Epub 2015 Aug 3.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report a massive intoxication by caffeine (20 g) with positive clinical evolution despite potentially lethal plasma concentrations (244 µg/mL) and delayed elimination.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Acidosis / chemically induced
  • Acute Kidney Injury / chemically induced
  • Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / therapeutic use
  • Caffeine / blood
  • Caffeine / pharmacokinetics
  • Caffeine / poisoning*
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2 / metabolism
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Electric Countershock
  • Humans
  • Hypokalemia / chemically induced
  • Male
  • Metabolic Clearance Rate
  • Propanolamines / therapeutic use
  • Rhabdomyolysis / chemically induced*
  • Suicide, Attempted
  • Theophylline / pharmacokinetics
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / chemically induced*
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / therapy
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
  • Propanolamines
  • Caffeine
  • Theophylline
  • CYP1A2 protein, human
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2
  • esmolol
  • 1,7-dimethylxanthine