The more common causes include:-
- anoxia - inhaled vomit - bronchopneumonia - peripheral circulatory failure - haemorrhage - oligaemia (pancreatitis, mesenteric infarction) - central circulatory failure - myocardial infarction - pulmonary embolus - toxaemia - septicaemia - drug overdose eg digoxin, opiates - cerebral causes - epilepsy - stroke
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