• So Ron Choi, Sang Won Park, Jong Hwan Lee, Seung Cheol Lee, and Chan Jong Chung.
• Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Dong-A University Hospital, Seo-gu, Busan, Korea.
• J Anesth. 2009 Jan 1;23(4):489-93.

PurposeThe oculocardiac reflex (OCR) occurs frequently during pediatric strabismus surgery. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of various anesthetic regimens on the incidence of OCR during the surgery.MethodsTwo hundred and eighty children, 1 to 9 years old, undergoing elective strabismus surgery, were randomly assigned to eight groups; ketamine-sevoflurane (KS), ketamine-desflurane (KD), ketamine-propofol (KP), ketamine-remifentanil (KR), midazolam-sevoflurane (MS), midazolam-desflurane (MD), midazolam-propofol (MP), and midazolam-remifentanil (MR). No premedication was given. Anesthesia was induced using ketamine 1 mg kg(-1) or midazolam 0.15 mg kg(-1) with 66% N(2)O in O(2). Laryngeal mask airways (LMAs) were placed with rocuronium 0.5 mg kg(-1). Anesthesia was maintained with sevoflurane 2-3 vol. %, desflurane 5-6 vol. %, propofol 7-8 mg kg(-1) h(-1), or remifentanil 0.75 microg kg(-1) over 1 min, followed by a continuous infusion of remifentanil 0.5 microg kg(-1) min(-1) with 66% N(2)O in O(2). Heart rate (HR) was recorded during extraocular muscle (EOM) manipulation. OCR was defined as a reduction in HR of more than 20% induced by the traction of an EOM.ResultsIn patients given ketamine, OCR occurred more frequently in the KP (65.7%) and KR (62.9%) groups than in the KD (29.4%) and KS (37.1%) groups (P < 0.05). In patients given midazolam, OCR occurred more frequently in the MP (54.3%) and MR (60.6%) groups than in the MD (36.4%) and MS (31.4%) groups (P < 0.05).ConclusionPropofol or remifentanil anesthesia was associated with a higher incidence of OCR during pediatric strabismus surgery than sevoflurane and desflurane anesthesia, when either ketamine or midazolam was used as an induction agent.

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