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Vascular Hypotension and Bradycardia Following Intraocular Injection of Acetylcholine During Cataract Surgery

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All patients undergoing cataract surgery in which the use of intraocular acetylcholine is contemplated should be monitored by an anesthesiologist, although a cause-and-effect relationship has not been proven.
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This article is published in American Journal of Ophthalmology.The article was published on 1984-01-01. It has received 7 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cataract surgery & Local anesthesia.

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Drug-Induced Ocular Side Effects

TL;DR: Anti-Infectives Agents Affecting the Central Nervous System Analgesics, Narcotic Antagonists and Agents Used to Treat Arthritis Agents used in Anesthesia Gastrointestinal Agents Cardiac, Vascular, and Renal Agents Hormones and Agents Affected Hormonal Mechanisms Agents Affects Blood Formation and Coagulability
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Lokalanästhesie in der Ophthalmochirurgie

TL;DR: In Lokalanasthesie as mentioned in this paper, the Vorteile der Allgemeinanasthesies mittels Intubationsnarkose sowohl fur Augenarzt als auch Anasthesist bestechend sind, bleibt vor jeder operation individuell zu klaren.
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Drugs Used in Ophthalmology

TL;DR: This book is intended as a guide to help the clinician determine where a visual problem is a drug-induced ocular side effect, and discusses drugs used in ophthalmology including drugs used to treat age-related macular degeneration.
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Anästhesie bei Eingriffen am Auge

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TL;DR: The erleichterung operativer Eingriffe am Auge durch Masnahmen der Anasthesie is nicht erst seit 1884 bekannt, als der Wiener Arzt KOLLER die lokale Anwendung von Kokain demonstrierte, hatten doch schon 1847 BRETT und PLOMLEY (6, 15, 24, 24) uber erfolgreiche Athernarkosen bei ophthalmochirurgischen EingRiffen ber
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Third degree of atrioventricular block: a rare geriatric complication that may cause sudden death. Remarks on two clinical cases.

TL;DR: Electrocardiographic alterations and arrhythmias are frequent complications of cerebral accidents such as head traumas, or of ophthalmic surgery, and it is necessary, especially in elderly patients in whom bradyarrhythias are characterized by the presence of widespread histological alterations of the conduction system, to perform a 24-h monitoring of all adverse events that may lead to an AVB.
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Systemic reactions following intraocular acetylcholine instillation.

G M Gombos
TL;DR: An 83-year-old patient undergoing intracapsular cataract extraction under local anesthesia experienced systemic reactions to intraocular acetylcholine chloride instillation, resulting in severe bradycardia, hypotension, flushing, sweating, and difficulty in breathing.
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Hypotension and bradycardia following intraocular acetylcholine injection. Report of a case.

TL;DR: A possible systemic reaction to acetylcholine chloride injected into the anterior chamber of the eye occurred in a 65-year-old patient who had a cataract extraction while under general anesthesia.
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