Eval Of Ocular Movements Flashcards
Purpose of external observation
To identify gross abnormalities of the eye and adnexa
Procedure of external observation
Observe the patients eye alignment, facial features, head position, posture, gait, carriage
What to note during external observation
Note any abnormalities or asymmetries
Pseudoesotropia
People with excessive epicanthal folds will have the appearance of esotropia, but when you pinch the folds and do hirschbirg, they have normal alignment
Are eye turns unilateral or bilateral
Can be either
Head tilts and turns
Patients will do this as a default head position to compensate for a deviation
Purpose of cover test
To assess the presence and magnitude of a phoria or tropia
Correction during CT
Habitual at distance and near
What kind of deviations are seen in cover-uncover test
Tropias
What deviations re seen in the alternating cover test
Phobias
What CT test measures the amount of deviation with prism bars
Alternative cover test
Constancy in CT
Is it constant to intermittent
Eye preference in CT strabismus
Fixation may alternate between eyes or maintains fixation only with one eye
Recorder of strabismus in CT
- correction
- magnitude
- eye
- phoria or tropia
- constant or intermittent (intermittent has paranthasis)
- distance or near, apostrophe for near
Purpose of EOMs
To assess ability to perform conjugate eye movements
Correction in EOMs
None
What should you ask when doing EOMs
Ask patient to inform you if they experience pain or diploma
What to observe during EOMs
- fixation
- pursuit or eye movements
- vertical movement of the eyes and lids
- comitancy
- monocular motility
- saccadic movements
Recording for EOM
Eye
Ability of muscles
Diploma
Pain
Purpose of Hirshcberg
To determine the position of the visual axes, under binocular conditions at near
Correction for hirchsbirg
None
Purpose of Hirschberg
To determine the position of the visual axies, under binocular conditions at near
Correction with Hirschberg
None
Procedure of Hirschberg
- Have put look at penlight 50-100cm from the patient)
- Notice the corneal light reflexes in each moncularly
- Notice the corneal light reflex of each eye binocularly
What is the angle lambda for a corneal reflex that is in the center of the pupil
0
Ortho
What is the angle lambda of a corneal reflex that is nasal relative to the center of the pupil
+
Exo
What is the angle lambda value of a reflex that is temporal to the center of the pupil
Negative
Eso
Angle lambda for a reflex above or below the center of the pupil
None.
Hypo or hyper
From Hirschberg results, if the corneal reflex is different monocularly vs binocularly
Strabismus
Krimsky p[rocedure
Place prism over FIXATING EYE until corneal reflex is in the same position as deviating eye
Prism used for eso
BO
Prism for exo
BI
Recording for Krimsky
Eye
Magnitude
Direction of deviation
22prismD LET
Pertinent entrance tests when suspect strabismus
- cover test
- EOMs
- saccades
- pursuits
- Hirschberg/Krimsky
- Buckner
Purpose of Bruckner
To evaluate the symmetry of binocular fixation with an O scope
What does bruckner screen for
- strabismus
- anisometropia
- media opacities
- post pole anomalies
- presence of refractive error
- great test for infants and young proverbial children
Correction used in Bruckner
None
What test is really good for infants and proverbial children
Bruckner
Procedure for Bruckner
- put look at ophthalmoscope (80-100cm from patient with light illuminating both pupils)
- compare red reflexes between the two eyes looking through the peephole of ophthalmoscope