Diagnosaurus
Coma
Etiology
Intracranial causes
- Anoxic brain injury or head trauma
- Ischemic stroke or intracerebral hemorrhage
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Meningitis or encephalitis
- Brainstem hemorrhage, infarct, or mass
- Mass lesion causing brainstem compression
- Subdural hematoma
- Seizure
- Hypoglycemia
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state
- Drugs, eg, alcohol, opioids, sedatives, antidepressants, salicylates
- Uremic or hepatic encephalopathy
- Hypernatremia or hyponatremia
- Hypercalcemia
- Hypothermia
- Heat stroke
- Myxedema
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Coma." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114833/all/Coma.
Zeiger RFR. Coma. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114833/all/Coma. Accessed May 11, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Coma. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114833/all/Coma
Zeiger RFR. Coma [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 May 11]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114833/all/Coma.
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