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The Oculocardiac Reflex in Eye-Surgery Anesthesia

ROBERT J. JEDEIKIN, MB, BCh, FFA (SA)^*, and SEYMOUR HOFFMAN, MB, BCh, MMed (Anes), DCH (Eng)

*Director of ICU, Department of Anesthesia, Meir General Hospital, Kfar Saba, Israel; Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv. Chairman, Department of Anesthesia, Meir General Hospital, Kfar Saba, Israel; Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv.

Abstract

A case of oculocardiac reflex occurring during general anesthesia for cataract removal is presented. The prevention and treatment of such reflexes is discussed, with particular attention to the importance of ECG monitoring at all times in ophthalmic surgery.

Anesthesia & Analgesia® is published for the International Anesthesia Research Society® by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins with the assistance of Stanford University Libraries' HighWire Press®. Copyright 2006 by the International Anesthesia Research Society. Online ISSN: 1526-7598   Print ISSN: 0003-2999