Eye movements in the critical care setting /

Eye movements in the critical care setting /

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Author / Creator:Shaikh, Aasef G., author.
Imprint:Cham : Springer, 2021.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Subject:
Eye -- Movement disorders.
Critical care medicine.
Critical care medicine.
Eye -- Movement disorders.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12613156
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Other authors / contributors:Wang, Fajun, author.
ISBN:9783030702212
3030702219
3030702200
9783030702205
9783030702229
3030702227
9783030702236
3030702235
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 10, 2021).
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.
Other form:Original 3030702200 9783030702205
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-030-70221-2
Table of 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.

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