Citation

Price KR, Fligner DJ. Ann. Emerg. Med. 1990; 19(1): 44-46.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, Christ Hospital and Medical Center, Oaklawn, Illinois 60453.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, American College of Emergency Physicians, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1688693

Abstract

We present the case of a 58-year-old woman who ingested more than 35 g of caffeine in a suicide attempt. She manifested all the clinical symptoms and signs of caffeine toxicity. Esmolol, an ultrashort-acting beta 1-selective antagonist, controlled her multiple dysrhythmias and symptoms of sympathetic nervous system hyperstimulation. We suggest the use of esmolol for treatment of dysrhythmias secondary to caffeine toxicity; to the best of our knowledge, the use of esmolol has not been reported for this purpose.

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