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Coma clinical features can help diagnose opiate overdose. Level of evidence 2b Expiry Date September 2003 Coma a response to naloxone could help diagnose opiate overdose. Level of evidence 2b Expiry Date September 2003 Coma the Glasgow Coma Scale improves agreement Level of evidence 1a Expiry Date October 2003 Hypoglycaemia reagent strips could rule out hypoglycaemia Level of evidence 1b Expiry Date September 2003 Hypoglycaemia Fingerprick glucose tests at triage decreased time to nursing intervention Level of evidence 2b Expiry Date September 2003 Hypoglycaemia fingerprick testing ruled it out or in. Level of evidence 1b Expiry Date January2004 Hypoglycaemia clinical features were not very helpful at diagnosing hypoglycaemia. Level of evidence 4 Expiry Date September 2003 Hypoglycaemia response to 50% glucose may help diagnose hypoglycaemia. Level of evidence 4 Expiry Date September 2003 Hypoglycaemia symptoms can occur at normoglycaemic blood levels in diabetics Level of evidence 5 Expiry Date October 2003 Hypoglycaemia  could be reliably diagnosed with reagent strips Level of evidence 2b Expiry Date December 2003 Raised intracranial pressure retinal vein pulsation ruled it out Level of evidence 4 Expiry Date October 2003  Status epilepticus may be non-convulsive Level of evidence 4 Expiry Date September 2003 Status epilepticus and coma absence of clinical signs did not exclude status. Level of evidence 4 Expiry Date November 2003