This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Reply to article  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Citing articles on Web of Science (15)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

Doreen T. Fazio, MD; J. Bronwyn Bateman, MD; Robert E. Christensen, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1985;103(3):360-362.

Abstract
• We reviewed the records of all inpatients of the UCLA Medical Center from 1955 to 1980 with the discharge diagnosis of "glaucoma." Nine cases of acute angle-closure glaucoma occurring after spinal or general anesthesia were identified among the 913 records reviewed. Of the nine cases, two were bilateral. Seven patients were female and two were male; the mean age was 63 years. Six of the nine surgical procedures were extraperitoneal and abdominal or pelvic. Parenteral atropine sulfate or scopolamine hydrobromide was administered to seven patients and ephedrine sulfate to four; drug-induced mydriasis may have contributed to this complication. Succinylcholine chloride, which causes contraction of the extraocular muscles, was administered to six patients. Additionally, psychological stress in the surgical patient may increase the risk of this disease by causing mydriasis. Our cases are compared with previous reports.

Author Affiliations
From the Jules Stein Eye Institute and the Department of Ophthalmology, UCLA School of Medicine.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Oct 16, 1984.

Reprint requests to the Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90024 (Dr Bateman).

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?

THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES

Pharmacological and environmental factors in primary angle-closure glaucoma
Subak-Sharpe et al.
Br Med Bull 2009;0:ldp042v1-ldp042.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT  

Red eyes, reduced vision, and vomiting
Postgrad. Med. J. 2003;79:546-547.
FULL TEXT  

Diagnosis of Acute Glaucoma in the Postoperative Period * Response
Sosis et al.
Anesth. Analg. 2002;95:1462-1463.
FULL TEXT  

Acute Postoperative Glaucoma After Nonocular Surgery Remains a Diagnostic Challenge
Lentschener et al.
Anesth. Analg. 2002;94:1034-1035.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT  

Angle Closure Glaucoma Precipitated by Aerosolized Atropine
Berdy et al.
Arch Intern Med 1991;151:1658-1660.
ABSTRACT