Intraocular pressure after suxamethonium and endotracheal intubation. The effect of pre-treatment with tubocurarine or gallamine

Abstract

Intraocular pressures were recorded in two series of fifteen patients after the administration of suxamethonium and endotracheal intubation. One series received tubocurarine 0.05 mg/kg and the other gallamine 0.3 mg/kg 4 min before the suxamethonium. The pressures were compared with those in a control group of fifteen patients who received normal saline before the suxamethonium. An increase in intraocular pressure occurred in 80% of patients and was similar in all three groups.