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Case Reports
. 1983 Sep;38(9):883-5.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1983.tb12256.x.

Oculocardiac reflex from the empty orbit

W J Kerr, J P Vance
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Case Reports

Oculocardiac reflex from the empty orbit

W J Kerr et al. Anaesthesia. 1983 Sep.
Free article

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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