According to an article in 2024, above what amount of caffeine ingestion can cause fatal arrhythmias, such as ventricular fibrillation?
6.0 g of caffeine
Mitsui D, Kamijo Y, Yoshino T, Hanazawa T, Yoshizawa T, Iwase F. Severe caffeine poisoning treated with intermittent hemodialysis under circulatory support. Am J Emerg Med. 2024;76:270.e5-270.e7. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2023.12.014
Contributed by Adrienne Clermont, MD, PGY2 Emergency Medicine Resident, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, on behalf of the Florida Poison Information Center Network
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