Oculocardiac reflex from the empty orbit

1 September 1983

journal article
case report
Published by Wiley in Anaesthesia

Vol. 38 (9) , 883-885
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2044.1983.tb12256.x

Abstract

Two cases of profound bradycardia (one progressing to asystole) during orbital surgery where the relevant eye had been removed years earlier are reported. Cessation of stimulation was followed by recovery of heart rate. Intravenous atropine prevented further bradycardia.

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