Effect of Succinylcholine on the Intra-ocular Pressure .
10.4097/kjae.1979.12.4.452
- Author:
Woong Mo IM
1
;
Yong Suck HAN
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology, Chonnam University Medical School, Kwangju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Humans;
Intraocular Pressure;
Intubation;
Reflex;
Succinylcholine*;
Thiopental
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
1979;12(4):452-455
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Effect of succinyleholine on the intra-ocular pressure was assessed in 29 surgical patients. After pretreatment of thiopental in a dose to induce the loss of eye-lid reflex the intra- ocular pressure was measured following intravenous administrdtion of succinylcholine. The following were the results. 1) Thiopental showed a significant lowering effect on the intra-ocular pressure. 2) A small dose(0.5mg/kg) of succinylcholine, given immediately after thiopental restored the intra-ocular pressure to the preanesthetic level. 3) A large dose(1.0~2.0mg/kg) of succinylcholine, administered immediately after thiopental, sustained the intra-ocular pressure below the preanesthetic leve. 4) Teacheal intubation caused a rise of the intra-ocular pressure above the preanesthetic level, more significantly than that of succinyleholine. 5) Suecinylcholine, in a large dose, showed a depressing effect on elevation of the intraocular pressure induced by tracheal intubation.
