Binocular vision & strabismus quarterly
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Binocul Vis Strabismus Q · Jan 2002
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialThe attenuating effect of intraglossal atropine on the oculocardiac reflex.
Bradycardia during strabismus surgery is reduced better by intravenous than by intramuscular (deltoid) anticholinergics, but recent studies suggest that injection into the tongue works faster than into the deltoid. We sought to study this using the suppression of the oculocardiac reflex during eye surgery as a parameter. ⋯ Intraglossal atropine is an effective alternative for oculocardiac reflex prophylaxis when intravenous access is not readily available in strabismus surgery. The intraglossal route is in fact slightly more effective in this regard that the intravenous route per se.