Coma causes checklist
AEIOU TIPS
Acidosis/ Alcohol
Epilepsy
Infection
Overdosed
Uremia
Trauma to head
Insulin: too little or or too much
Pyschosis episode
Stroke occurred
Another mnemonic for causes of coma
UNCONSCIOUS:
Units of insulin
Narcotics
Convulsions
Oxygen
Nonorganic
Stroke
Cocktail
ICP
Organism
Urea
Shock
Another mnemonic for Coma
SaDAM RENTs HIV
S: Systemic Infections e.g. Pneumonia, UTI, Wound Infections
D: Drugs e.g. sedatives, antipsychotics.
A: Alcoholic withdrawal i.e. Delirium tremens
M: Metabolic e.g Hypoglycemia, HONC, DKA, Hypokalemia, renal failure
R: Raised ICP e.g Tumor, T.B
E: Epilepsy e.g Post icteric phase
N: Nutritional e.g Thiamine (Wernicke's korasakoff's encephalopathy?
T: Trauma e.g head injury
H: Hypoxia e.g respiratory failure
I: Intracranial Infections e.g. meningitis, encephalitis, HSV encephalitis
V: Vascular e.g Stroke, Myocardial Infarction
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