High-caffeine consumption has been increasing in physicians, frequently causing the most common symptoms such as tremor, insomnia, anxiety, and nervousness and rarely leading to serious adverse effects like seizure, acute mania, and stroke due to caffeine overdose. There have been no studies regarding analysis of high-caffeine consumption and its adverse effects among anesthetists.
This study was to examine high-caffeine consumption patterns, associated factors, and adverse effects based on responses anesthetists with different age of experience.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
168
Prevalence of safe caffeine consumption among anesthetists
Ain Shams University Hospitals
Cairo, Egypt
The prevalence of caffeine consumption among a sample of anesthesiologists, to determine their caffeine daily intake in relation to the safe level suggested by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
Average daily amount of caffeine consumption in mg
Time frame: 24 hours
Subgroup comparison between junior and senior anesthetists
Average daily amount of caffeine consumption in mg
Time frame: 24 hours
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