title: Caffeine poisoning treated by hemoperfusion.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Foote Hospital, Inc., Jackson, MI 49201.
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Nagesh
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Murphy
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D002110:Caffeine