• Arch Neurol Chicago · May 1997

    Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial

    Neuromuscular blocking drugs do not alter the pupillary light reflex of anesthetized humans.

    • A T Gray, S T Krejci, and M D Larson.
    • Department of Anesthesia, San Francisco General Hospital, Calif, USA.
    • Arch Neurol Chicago. 1997 May 1; 54 (5): 579-84.

    ObjectiveTo test the hypothesis that systemically administered neuromuscular blocking drugs acutely alter resting pupil size or the direct reflex response to light in anesthetized humans.DesignPatients were randomized to receive an intravenous injection of saline (0.15 mL/kg), pancuronium bromide (0.1 mg/kg), or vecuronium bromide (0.15 mg/kg) after induction of general anesthesia and tracheal intubation.SettingThe University of California, San Francisco, Moffitt-Long Hospitals.PatientsHealthy adults (American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I or II) of either sex scheduled for elective surgery requiring general anesthesia, tracheal intubation, and muscle relaxation of an anticipated duration of 2 or more hours.Main Outcome MeasuresMeasurements of resting pupil size, direct reflex response to light, and constriction velocity were obtained in double-blinded fashion using infrared pupillometry.ResultsPupillary size, reflex amplitude, and constriction velocity were not altered by the presence of either vecuronium or pancuronium. Tetanic stimuli and concomitant isoflurane administration respectively increased and decreased pupillary light reflex amplitude, indicating that pupillary responses were not fixed.ConclusionsWe conclude that systemically administered neuromuscular blocking drugs (vecuronium and pancuronium) do not acutely affect the pupillary light reflex in healthy, anesthetized patients.

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