Eye Movements in the Critical Care Setting

Aasef G. Shaikh, MD, PHD Department of Neurology Daroff Dell'Osso Ocular Motility Laboratory University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Louis Stokes Veteran Affairs Medical Center Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio Fajun Wang, MD Department of Neurology University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Louis Stokes Veteran Affairs Medical Center Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, 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.