Abstract
A case of bradycardia is reported which was precipitated by cold normal saline applied to the eye during general anaesthesia. The history and physiology of the diving reflex is discussed and we believe that these data suggest that this patients brady-cardia was induced by the diving reflex, and not by the oculocardiac reflex.
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Nous rapportons un cas bradycardie provoquée par l’application oculaire de soluté physiologique froid. La discussion porte sur l’histoire et la physiologie du réflexe de plongée. Nous crayons que ces données supportent notre hypothèse d’un bradycardie provoquée par le réflexe de plongée et non par le réflexe oculocardiaque.
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Arndt, G.A., Stock, M.C. Bradycardia during cold ocular irrigation under general anaesthesia: an example of the diving reflex. Can J Anaesth 40, 511–514 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03009732
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