Pupils Equal, React to Light and Accommodation (PERRLA): Clinical Assessment Guide
1. Introduction PERRLA stands for Pupils Equal, Round, React to Light and Accommodation, serving as a comprehensive standard for documenting a fully intact pupillary reflex pathway. While the basic light reflex verifies the fundamental neurological loop between the optic nerve and the brainstem, adding the accommodation assessment confirms a higher level of cortical function. It … Read more