Impairment of ocular blood flow during regional orbital anesthesia

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 140-144

  Coupland, Stuart G ^a   Deschênes, Micheline C ^b   Hamilton, Robert C ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA EYE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Rockyview General Hospital   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d GIMBEL EYE CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computerized pneumotonometry; Pulsatile ocular blood flow; Regional orbital anesthesia

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHOROID; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; ORBIT; PULSATILE FLOW; RETINA DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHOROID; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; ORBIT; PULSATILE FLOW; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL DISEASES; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 0035320955     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-4182(01)80005-3     Document Type: Article

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