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Apr 16, 2004 11:17 PM

What are DOLL EYES?


My nursing student friend mentioned to me something called "Doll's Eye syndrome". Can someone explain what this is??


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Old Apr 16, 2004, 11:21 PM

http://www.mcqs.com/mrcp1/modules.ph...=article&sid=8

found this....it is a gaze d/o.....eyes move like that of a doll when you move the head...conjugated, fixed.
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from BRANDY LPN
Old Apr 16, 2004, 11:27 PM

Saw this in nursing school and it is freaky, the eyes stay put no matter how you move the head. The pt I saw it in had a head injury....had been a pedestrian in a hit and run. Thats all I remember though, I think that it is a very very bad sign, one that means the head injury can not be treated but am really not sure. The only reason I remember it at all is because it is so weird looking, definately something you will recognize again after you see it once.
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Old Apr 16, 2004, 11:38 PM

These are reflexive movements of the eyes in the opposite direction the head is being moved. Deals with problems with brain stem function. When you see Doll's eye negative, the eyes are fixed.That's the brain stem problem.... Doll's eye present is a normal response and that's when the eyes move in the opposite direction.
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Old Apr 16, 2004, 11:43 PM

Originally Posted by redwinggirlie
These are reflexive movements of the eyes in the opposite direction the head is being moved. Deals with problems with brain stem function. When you see Doll's eye negative, the eyes are fixed.That's the brain stem problem.... Doll's eye present is a normal response and that's when the eyes move in the opposite direction.
So basically when dolls eye is present this is a good thing. No doll's eye...it's bad!! Is that correct?
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No. 5
from P_RN
Old Apr 16, 2004, 11:54 PM

Doll's eye reflex - This involves eye movements in response to head movement. With the patient lying down the normal response is for the patients eyes to move in the opposite direction that the head turns (ex: if the head is extended, the eyes go downwards).
http://duke.usask.ca/~misra/virology...finitions.html
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from deab
Old Apr 17, 2004, 12:01 AM

Nurse I found this on google....
Originally Posted by TweetiePieRN
My nursing student friend mentioned to me something called "Doll's Eye syndrome". Can someone explain what this is??
Doll's eyes - a maneuver designed to determine if the eye movement control centers in the brainstem are working. If you take a comatose patient and gently roll the head side to side, it is a good sign if the eyes move opposite to the head (like a baby doll). That means the vestibular system is working and a reflex eye movement is working. However, if the eyes just stay fixed with respect to the head, that isn't such a good sign. Again, that is a test to assess the function of brainstem.

Hope this helps!!
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Old Apr 17, 2004, 12:07 AM

A Big thank you goes out to all of you who have replied!!
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from gwenith
Old Apr 17, 2004, 01:14 AM

Doll's eye reflex is more correctly called the oculocephalic reflex. It is where rotation/flexion of the of the head cause transient eye movement in the opposite direction (Lindsay, Bone and Callander 1997 Neurology and Neurosurgery Illustratedp 30)


Doll's eye reflex is only seen on unconscious patients and it only shows brain stem functioning so depending on the patient it can be a good sign - not good when it is the only sign still intact.
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from sharann
Old Apr 17, 2004, 01:14 AM

Just make sure they've been cleared for C-spine injuries before testing for Doll's Eyes!
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