Caffeine poisoning treated by hemoperfusion.
A case of acute caffeine poisoning with resultant ventricular fibrillation and coma was treated by emergency hemoperfusion. Clinical symptomatology improved dramatically with resolution of arrhythmias and return to normal consciousness over a five-hour period.
Nagesh
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Department of Internal Medicine, Foote Hospital, Inc., Jackson, MI 49201.
Murphy
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D000328:Adult; D002110:Caffeine / Q000506:poisoning*; D003128:Coma / Q000139:chemically induced; D005260:Female; D006464:Hemoperfusion; D006801:Humans; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000139:chemically induced
D002110:Caffeine