In medicine, the caloric reflex test (sometimes termed 'vestibular caloric stimulation') is a test of the vestibulo-ocular reflex that involves irrigating...
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caloric irrigations, in which warm and cool air is administered into the ear. The vestibulo-ocular reflex can be tested by the aforementioned caloric...
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Vestibular rehabilitation (section Caloric reflex test)
The caloric reflex test is designed to test the function of the vestibular system and can determine the cause of vestibular symptoms. The reflex test consists...
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Vertigo (redirect from HINTS test)
Tests of vestibular system (balance) function include electronystagmography (ENG), Dix-Hallpike maneuver, rotation tests, head-thrust test, caloric reflex...
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Startle response (redirect from Startle reflex)
of the startle response is a startle reflex reaction. The startle reflex is a brainstem reflectory reaction (reflex) that serves to protect vulnerable parts...
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pupillary response (fixed pupils), oculocephalic reflex, corneal reflex, no response to the caloric reflex test, and no spontaneous respirations. Brain death...
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Coma (section Imaging and testing)
special reflex tests such as the oculocephalic reflex test (doll's eyes test), oculovestibular reflex test (cold caloric test), corneal reflex, and the...
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Nystagmus (redirect from Horizontal gaze nystagmus test)
investigated by using a number of non-invasive standard tests. The simplest one is the caloric reflex test, in which one ear canal is irrigated with warm or...
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locomotive set COWS, a mnemonic for Cold Opposite, Warm Same in the caloric reflex test All pages with titles beginning with Cow All pages with titles containing...
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called video nystagmography (VNG). A similar test is performed for testing vertigo by using the caloric reflex test, which can be induced by air or water of...
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a unit of energy Caloric theory, an obsolete scientific theory Caloric reflex test, a test of the vestibulo-ocular reflex Caloric, a brand of kitchen...
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Warm Same, which are the relation between the components of the Caloric reflex test To memorise DNA/nucleotide base pairs Tigers Are Great Cats, first...
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patients, no long-term treatments exist. As with unilateral neglect, caloric reflex testing (squirting ice cold water into the left ear) is known to temporarily...
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the clinical usefulness of caloric responses. Barany's theory of production of the vestibulo-ocular reflex in caloric testing remains as the accepted explanation...
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Lazarus sign (redirect from Lazarus reflex)
The Lazarus sign or Lazarus reflex is a reflex movement in brain-dead or brainstem failure patients, which causes them to briefly raise their arms and...
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ice-cold water into each ear in turn (the caloric reflex test). No response to supraorbital pressure. No cough reflex to bronchial stimulation or gagging response...
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Breastfeeding (redirect from Let-down reflex)
The caloric content of breastmilk is reflective of the caloric requirements of the infant, increasing steadily after 12 months.: 10–14 The caloric content...
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Vestibular evoked myogenic potential (redirect from VEMP test)
complements the information provided by caloric testing and other forms of inner ear (vestibular apparatus) testing. There are two different types of VEMPs...
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Audiometry (section Audiometric testing)
the subject. Caloric stimulation/reflex test uses temperature difference between hot and cold water or air delivered into the ear to test for neural damage...
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provides more information. Stapedius reflex (SR) and caloric vestibular response (CVR) are non-invasive otologic tests for auditory neural function. These...
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positive test result is the involuntary contraction of the jaw (biting down on the "spatula"), and a negative test result would normally be a gag reflex attempting...
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Decompression sickness (redirect from Test of pressure)
can be confused with inner ear barotrauma (IEBt), alternobaric vertigo, caloric vertigo and reverse squeeze. A history of difficulty in equalising the...
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Gastroesophageal reflux disease (redirect from Acid reflex)
treatment with proton-pump inhibitors as a test for gastroesophageal reflux disease: a meta-analysis of diagnostic test characteristics". Annals of Internal...
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Gastroparesis (section Testing overview)
their dietary intake and nutritional status evaluated, and the average caloric intake was 1168 kcal/day, which resulted in substantial nutritional deficiencies...
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Function of the vestibular nerve may be tested by putting cold and warm water in the ears and watching eye movements caloric stimulation. Damage to the vestibulocochlear...
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may involve the insertion of a temporary feeding tube to ensure adequate caloric intake for cats that have stopped eating as a result of this disease. One...
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otoscopy MeSH E01.370.382.900 – vestibular function tests MeSH E01.370.382.900.150 – caloric tests MeSH E01.370.382.900.280 – electronystagmography MeSH E01...
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Brighton for calculating that the caloric intake from a human-cannibalism diet is significantly lower than the caloric intake from most other traditional...
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for combustion; in his paper "Réflexions sur le phlogistique", he deprecates the phlogiston theory and proposes a caloric theory 1784 – Jan Ingenhousz...
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can allow water into the middle ear, which can cause severe vertigo from caloric stimulation. This may cause nausea and vomiting underwater, which has a...
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