Pina Cabral João, Sousa David L, Carvalho Catarina, Girao Adriana, Pacheco Mendes Adriano, Pina Rui
Internal Medicine, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, PRT.
Family Medicine, USF Novo Norte, ARS Norte, Arouca, PRT.
Cureus. 2022 Jan 9;14(1):e21045. doi: 10.7759/cureus.21045. eCollection 2022 Jan.
Caffeine is an integral part of beverages, food, and medications. Severe intoxication of caffeine is rare, and reports are even scarcer. However, over-the-counter, unregulated sale of performance-enhancing compounds, such as caffeine, turns high-dose consumption into a real concern. Severe intoxication may be fatal, usually by malignant cardiac arrhythmia. We report a case of a 23-year-old university student who accidentally consumed about 100 times the amount present in an expresso of anhydrous caffeine.
咖啡因是饮料、食品和药物中不可或缺的一部分。严重的咖啡因中毒很罕见，相关报道更是稀少。然而，像咖啡因这样的提高成绩的化合物在非处方、不受监管的情况下销售，使得高剂量摄入成为一个切实令人担忧的问题。严重中毒可能是致命的，通常是由恶性心律失常导致。我们报告一例23岁大学生的病例，该学生意外摄入了约为一杯特浓咖啡中无水咖啡因含量100倍的量。
