Intraocular pressure after suxamethonium and endotracheal intubation. The effect of pre-treatment with tubocurarine or gallamine.
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.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005703:Gallamine Triethiodide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009469:Neuromuscular Junction / Q000187:drug effects; D013390:Succinylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014403:Tubocurarine / Q000494:pharmacology*
D013390:Succinylcholine; D005703:Gallamine Triethiodide; D014403:Tubocurarine