Optokinetic nystagmus is a maneuver that allows the assessment of the visual system as a whole, especially in non-cooperative patients. The SmartOptometry app can be used to get an optokinetic drum.
Category archives: Clinical method
Supranuclear facial palsy.
Volitional and emotional facial palsy. The lesion responsible for the facial asymmetry at rest and weakness of voluntary facial movements in this woman was in the corticobulbar fibers of the internal capsule at the genu. In contrast, the lesion responsible for weakness of emotional movements in the man was in the contralateral thalamus. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm199805213382105
Congenital (infantile/infant) nystagmus.
Neuropediatric action protocol. Based on the previous findings, assess the indication for neuroimaging testing. Red flag signs • Later onset nystagmus (in the absence of signs in keeping with an ocular disorder). • Constant oscillopsia in older children. • Dysconjugate/gaze evoked/seesaw/convergence-retraction nystagmus. • Horizontal nystagmus becoming vertical in vertical gaze. • Vertical …
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Duane syndrome.
Family history.
The collection of family history is a part of the anamnesis in which the individual is questioned about the presence of certain diseases in their ascendants or descendants. It is advisable to create a complete family tree, and it should include the kinship relationships of the different individuals, their sex, age and those phenotypic characteristics...
The query neuropediatric.
Structuring of spaces. Exploration material. Essential bibliography for consultation.
Bibliography essential for the consultation of pediatric neurology.
Scales of infant development.
Exploration material.
Material necessary for a neuropediatric consultation.
