%0 Journal Article
%T Treatment of caffeine toxicity with esmolol
%J Annals of emergency medicine
%D 1990
%A Price, K. R.
%A Fligner, D. J.
%V 19
%N 1
%P 44-46
%X 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 0196-0644
%U http://dx.doi.org/