Accommodation or Acuity (PERLA)

[JPINFV]

Of course being wary for Argyll Robertson Pupil.

That's definitely a major part of testing accomodation. Does the pupils constrict as the eyes accommodate?

 

[JJR512]

Alternatively, and like prostitutes, they accommodate, but don't react. Prostitutes also have syphilis.

"Prostitute's pupils" is what the condition Veneficus mentioned earlier, Argyll Robertson pupil, used to be known as, for exactly that reason.

 

[JPINFV]

"Prostitute's pupils" is what the condition Veneficus mentioned earlier, Argyll Robertson pupil, used to be known as, for exactly that reason.

Argyll Robertson pupils are pupils that do not constrict to light, but do constrict during accommodation. It's a sign of neurosyphilis.

 

[JJR512]

Argyll Robertson pupils are pupils that do not constrict to light, but do constrict during accommodation. It's a sign of neurosyphilis.

Right. They do not react to light but they do accommodate. Thus the basis for my previous statement.

 

[JPINFV]

Ah, I misinterpreted your post... sorry about that.

 

[8jimi8]

I didn't tell you to look for convergence. If you knew the answer, why were you posting the question? Or did you just learn it after demanding that we spoonfeed you?

Sorry. Maybe I misinterpreted your elipses... Maybe i should have read that as "I've already been searching and can't find a test for accomodation"


I have noticed that many paramedics document ( and even in reporting software ) "perla"

What I learned in nursing school was perrlaa and what I learned in my basic class was "perla."

 

[Bosco836]

So I wonder do those of who write "PERLA" actually check something for the 'A', and if so, what does it mean for you—acuity or accommodation?

I've always been taught that the A in PERLA = accommodation.

 

[SerumK]

PERRLA = Pupils Equal, Round, Reactive to Light and Accommodation

I learned that in nursing school. In my EMT class, they just taught us PERRL.

 

[ffemt8978]

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