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Anesth Analg 1977; 56:35-37
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Implications of the Effects of General Anesthesia on Basal Tear Production

DAVID A. CROSS, MD*, and THEODORE KRUPIN, MD{dagger}

*Associate Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesiology, The Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63110. Present address: 5120 Bayou Blvd., Suite 5, Pensacola, Florida 32503. {dagger}Instructor in Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis.

Abstract

Ophthalmic preparations are frequently instilled topically to protect the eye during general anesthesia. The purpose of this study was to determine if such prophylactic precautions are warranted, as determined by the effect of general surgical anesthesia on basal tear production measured by the Schirmer I test. As general surgical anesthesia produced a marked depression of basal tear production, both mechanical protection and topical medications are recommended for the ocular care of patients undergoing general surgical anesthesia.




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