Eye movements in the critical care setting / Aasef Shaikh, Fajun Wang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shaikh, Aasef G., author.

Wang, Fajun, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eye--Movement disorders.

Eye.

Critical care medicine.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book describes the abnormal eye movements encountered in the critical care unit in everyday practice and elaborates on the mechanism and clinical significance behind them. Beginning with a thorough grounding of the basic anatomy and physiology ocular motor system and how they move the eyeballs; chapters explore the pathological descriptions of all the signs that a practicing neurologist, ophthalmologist, or emergency medicine specialist might see in other ICU's, as well as the diagnostic and prognostic evidence to answer the consult questions. Further chapters describe the abnormal ocular movements seen in the Neuro-ICU, Eye Movements in the Critical Care Setting is a comprehensive resource on eye movement in the critical care setting, and a useful guide for the neurologist, ophthalmologist, and emergency medical specialist and residents alike.

Contents:

Basic anatomy and physiology of ocular motor system

Eye movement disorders in critically ill patients.-Gaze disorders

Roving eye movements.-Ocular dipping.-Inverse ocular dipping.-Medication-induced opsoclonus

Medication-induced nystagmus

Saccades disorders.-Saccadic slowing in encephalopathy.-Medication-induced saccadic slowing

Vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) disorders

VOR impairments in cooling

VOR impairments in encephalopathy

Eye movement disorders leading to Neuro-ICU admissions

Eye movements in cerebellar lesions leading to ICU admission

Eye movements in medullary lesions leading to ICU admission

Eye movements in pontine lesions leading to ICU admission

Eye movements in midbrain lesions leading to ICU admission

Eye movements in cerebral cortex lesions leading to ICU admission

Myasthenia gravis crisis

Guillain-Barre syndrome (Miller-Fischer variant)

Eye movements in epilepsy

Medication-induced abnormal eye movements

Epileptic eye movements

Abnormal eye movements in autoimmune disorders.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 10, 2021).

ISBN:

9783030702212

3030702219

OCLC:

1253473166

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