Acute caffeine ingestion fatalities: Management issues

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 228-230

  Shum, Shu ^a   Seale, Charlene ^a   Hathway, Debbl ^a   Chucovich, Virginia ^a   Beard, Debble ^a  

^a Northwest Texas Healthcare System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CAFFEINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; STOMACH LAVAGE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DIET; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVERDOSE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SEIZURES; TEXAS;

EID: 0030748415     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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