BRADYCARDIA DURING COLD OCULAR IRRIGATION UNDER GENERAL-ANESTHESIA - AN EXAMPLE OF THE DIVING REFLEX

Authors
ARNDT GA STOCK MC
Citation
Ga. Arndt et Mc. Stock, BRADYCARDIA DURING COLD OCULAR IRRIGATION UNDER GENERAL-ANESTHESIA - AN EXAMPLE OF THE DIVING REFLEX, Canadian journal of anaesthesia, 40(6), 1993, pp. 511-514
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
Canadian journal of anaesthesia → ACNP
ISSN journal
0832610X
Volume
40
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
511 - 514
Database
ISI
SICI code
0832-610X(1993)40:6<511:BDCOIU>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A case of bradycardia is reported which was precipitated by cold norma l saline applied to the eye during general anaesthesia. The history an d physiology of the diving reflex is discussed and we believe that the se data suggest that this patient's bradycardia was induced by the div ing reflex, and not by the oculocardiac reflex.