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;
Aasef G. Shaikh, MD, PHDDepartment of NeurologyDaroff Dell’Osso Ocular Motility LaboratoryUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterLouis Stokes Veteran Affairs Medical CenterCase Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, OhioFajun Wang, MDDepartment of NeurologyUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterLouis Stokes Veteran Affairs Medical CenterCase Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, Ohio
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.