Warning over energy drink link to kidney injury
US doctors have renewed warnings about energy drinks after an elderly patient in palliative care developed an acute kidney injury (AKI) and acute hepatitis while subsisting on the controversial beverages.
The 62-year-old woman was admitted to the in-patient unit of The Centre for Hospice and Palliative Care in Cheektowaga, New York, after several days of progressive confusion, fatigue, poor sleep, decreased intake, nausea and vomiting.