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Clues to Causes of Altered Mental Status
| DPT | Dehydration, poisoning, trauma |
| OPV | Occult trauma, postictal or postanoxia, ventriculoperitoneal shunt |
| HIB | Hypoxia or hyperthermia, intussusception, brain masses |
| MMR | Meningitis or encephalitis, metabolic, Reye’s syndrome + other rarities |
Sources
Schunk JE: The pediatric patient with altered level of consciousness: Remember your “immunizations.” J Emerg Nurs 1992;18:419-421.
