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
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.