Coma

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Treatment

Patients who are unresponsive require immediate treatment in order to avoid serious consequences.

The "Coma Cocktail"

Although the treatment of coma depends on the cause, there are some general treatment rules. If the cause is unknown, what is often called a "coma cocktail" is given to the patient. It's a mixture of thiamin (a vitamin that can help in alcoholic or nutritionally starved patients), glucose (a sugar that can help diabetics who have developed a coma due to low s...Read the full article