BookAasef Shaikh, Fajun Wang.
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.