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Metabolic causes of coma are diagnosed from blood work and urinalysis to evaluate blood chemistry, drug screen, and blood cell abnormalities that may indicate infection.
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What are the metabolic causes of coma?
metabolic causes of coma consist of those conditions that change the chemical environment of the brain, thereby adversely affecting function.
How are the anatomic causes of coma diagnosed?
Anatomic causes of coma are diagnosed from CT (computed tomography ) or MRI (magnetic resonance imaging ) scans.
How are metabolic causes of coma treated?
Various metabolic disorders can be addressed by supplying the individual with the correct amount of oxygen, glucose, or sodium; by treating the underlying disease in liver disease, asthma, or diabetes; and by halting seizures with medication.
What causes clawing in hands with a person in a coma?
Any brain damage obtained before the state of coma is what causes clawing hands during a coma. This is what is commonly called a vegetative state.
What kinds of events send people into a coma?
Injuries to the brain or brainstem cause comatose states, but not only those two...comas can be causes by nervous system injuries, hypothermia, drug overdose, and metabolic problems.
What drug causes respitory coma and death?
heroin:)
What hormone causes hair loss sluggishness and low metabolic rate?
Low Thyroid hormone can causes hair loss, sluggishness and low metabolic rate.
What are the anatomic causes of coma?
Anatomic causes of coma are those conditions that disrupt the normal physical architecture of the brain structures responsible for consciousness, either at the level of the cerebal cortex or the brainstem
Does autism and cerebral palsy leave you in a coma?
I don't know about that. But there are some children + adults with cerebral Palsy that are diagnosed with autism.
What Causes Coma's?
commas like , and , and , it is used to make a "pause" to a word.
what are the causes of metabolic syndrome?
Some causes of metabolic syndrome include gaining too much weight, smoking, not getting exercise, and getting older.http://www.medicinenet.com/metabolic_syndrome/page2.htm
When an elderly man who has a history of Tia's lapsed into a coma and was diagnosed with a brain hemorrhage which part of the brain was damaged by the hemorrhage?
reticular activating system
