Coma (OSCE)

Causes of Coma

 * One Mnemonic is “GAMETIMES”:


 * G   glucose (hyperosmolar or hypoglycemia)
 * A   anoxia, acidosis, alcohol’s
 * M   medications (one of the most common causes)
 * E    electrolytes, “environment” (hypothermia)
 * T    tumor, toxins, trauma
 * I     infections (e.g. meningitis, encephalitis, sepsis)
 * M   Metabolic, adrenal, renal, hepatic, (diabetes listed above)
 * E    epilepsy
 * S    stroke, (P)sychiatric pseudocoma