Rhabdomyolysis induced by excessive coffee drinking

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 878-881

  Chiang, W F ^a,b   Liao, M T ^a   Cheng, C J ^b   Lin, S H ^b  

^a TAOYUAN ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Caffeine; coffee; rhabdomyolysis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BICARBONATE; CAFFEINE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TROPONIN I; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CREATININE; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; URIC ACID; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; COFFEE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALERTNESS; ALKALINIZATION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEST TIGHTNESS; COFFEE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART PALPITATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MUSCLE TWITCH; MYOGLOBINURIA; NAUSEA; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; URINALYSIS; URINE COLOR; URINE PH; VOMITING; INGESTION; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL HISTORY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMA HALF LIFE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; FLUID THERAPY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COFFEE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84904747473     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327113510536     Document Type: Article

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