AEIOU-TIPS

In the mnemonic AEIOU-TIPS, the A stands for:

Alcohol and Acidosis: Alcohol most widely abused drug, acidosis when body’s pH below normal levels can occur from kidney disease or hyperglycemia

In the mnemonic AEIOU-TIPS, the E stands for:

Epilepsy, Environment, Electrolytes: Epilepsy serious medical disorder causing seizures, environmental causes can be severe hypothermia or heat stroke, electrolytes help transmit electrical impulses between neurons, imbalance affects cell function

O in AEIOU-TIPS stands for 

Oxygen and overdose: Hypoxia most common cause of AMS, overdose is a cause, depressants can depress respiration

U in AEIOU-TIPS stands for 

Uremia: Condition where kidneys fail to remove toxins from the blood, causes lethargy, coma, ultimately death

First I in in AEIOU-TIPS stands for 

Insulin: Any condition adversely affecting insulin production can cause AMS

T in AEIOU-TIPS stands for 

Trauma, tumors, TIA, thirst: Tumors impair brain function, global/focal changes, TIA, transient ischemic attack, mini stroke, temporary interruption of blood flow to brain

Second I in AEIOU-TIPS stands for 

Infection: Can spread through bloodstream, sepsis, septic shock affect mental status

P in in AEIOU-TIPS stands for 

Poisonings and psychiatric conditions: Psychiatric conditions like dementia/Alzheimer’s or behavioral disorders 

S in in AEIOU-TIPS stands for 

Seizure, stroke, syncope, sleep: Seizures - brain injury or epilepsy, stroke is blockage in brain vascular system, syncope is dizzy/fainting episode, sleep/lack cause AMS