Key to Prevention of Bradycardia

Key to Prevention of Bradycardia: Be Relax Postoperatively

Hypotension and bradycardia are commonly observed after the spinal anesthesia and various mechanisms have been postulated for these hemodynamic changes.A middle-aged otherwise healthy male Caucasian patient developed several episodes of bradycardia postoperatively after the umbilical hernia repair under subarachnoid block (SAB) while trying to lean forward and move his legs. Episodes were abort...

The prevention of reflex bradycardia during ophthalmic surgery.

This paper concerns the reflex effects on the heart of the application of traction to the extrinsic muscles of the eye. Relevant medical literature is reviewed, and a controlled investigation of the value of muscle relaxant drugs in the prevention of untoward vagal activity during eye surgery is described. Gallamine is shown to provide considerable protection by reason of its vagal-blocking act...

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Defining Pre-Osteoarthritis Is Key to Prevention

Dear Editor: The article on “Pre-Osteoarthritis: Definition and Diagnosis of an Elusive Clinical Entity” by Ryd et al. is of great interest and importance. The concept and definition of “pre-osteoarthritis” has been a focus of my research program for more than a decade. Some of our prior work was summarized in an open access article from 2012 titled “Early Diagnosis to Enable Early Treatment of...

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