Survival of a highly toxic dose of caffeine

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Bioh, Gabriel ^a,b   Gallagher, Mark M ^c   Prasad, Usha ^a  

^a ST HELIER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BICARBONATE; CAFFEINE; LIDOCAINE; POTASSIUM;

ACIDEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CAFFEINE POISONING; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS HEMOFILTRATION; DEFIBRILLATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOXIA; INTOXICATION; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EDEMA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SCREENING TEST; SEIZURE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VASOPLEGIA;

EID: 84875855283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007454     Document Type: Article

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