Massive suicidal ingestion of caffeine: a case report with investigation of the cardiovascular effect/concentration relationships.
Clin Toxicol (Phila)
; 59(10): 937-941, 2021 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Caffeine poisoning may cause life-threatening arrhythmias and hemodynamic failure. We aimed to investigate the toxicokinetics (TK), toxicodynamics (TD) and TK/TD relationships of caffeine in a case of poisoning. CASE REPORT A 47-year-old male ingested pure anhydrous caffeine powder (70 g) in a suicide attempt. He developed agitation, tachycardia, and two episodes of ventricular fibrillation treated with defibrillation and tracheal intubation. He was successfully managed using intravenous infusions of esmolol and norepinephrine.METHODS:
We modelled the time-course of plasma caffeine concentration (TK study using online liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry), the time-course of blood lactate concentration and infusion rates of esmolol and norepinephrine (TD studies) and the TK/TD relationships.RESULTS:
Caffeine TK was of first-order peaking at 258 mg/L with an elimination half-life of 46.2 h and clearance of 2.2 L/h. Caffeine-related effects on blood lactate (peak, 10 mmol/L at 1.25 h postingestion) were described by a Bateman-type equation (formation rate, 0.05 mmol/mg.h; elimination rate, 0.9 mmol/mg.h). Esmolol and norepinephrine infusion rates to reverse caffeine-related cardiovascular effects (peaks at 51-h postingestion) fitted well with a sigmoidal Emax model (EC50, 180.0 and 225.9 mg/L, respectively; Hill coefficient, 10.0).CONCLUSION:
Massive caffeine ingestion is characterized by prolonged caffeine elimination. TK/TD relationships are helpful to quantify caffeine-related catecholaminergic effects.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Tentativa de Suicídio
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Taquicardia
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Fibrilação Ventricular
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Cafeína
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Frequência Cardíaca
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Estimulantes do Sistema Nervoso Central
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Toxicol (Phila)
Assunto da revista:
TOXICOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
França