title: Rhabdomyolysis induced by a caffeine overdose.
abstract: We present the case of a patient who ingested approximately 3.57 g of caffeine in a suicide attempt and developed rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure. After a delay in diagnosis, the patient was hospitalized and rapidly improved with peritoneal dialysis and volume expansion, but was left with residual impairment of renal function on discharge. This case represents a rarely reported complication of caffeine intoxication, rhabdomyolysis, which occurred in the absence of other toxins or conditions that predispose to muscle necrosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Wrenn
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Oschner
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D002110:Caffeine / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000139:chemically induced*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted
chemical_list: D002110:Caffeine