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Factors contributing to the elicitation of the oculocardiac reflex include:

a) A light plane of anesthesia

b) Hypercarbia

c) Hypoxemia

d) Administration of a retrobulbar block

e) All of the above

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Answer e. The oculocardiac reflex may be more likely to occur in the presence of hypoventilation, hypoxemia, inadequate anesthesia, or during placement of a retrobulbar block given the increased pressure on the globe.

Notes

This question originally printed in the Pediatric Anesthesiology Review Topics kindle book series, and appears courtesy of Naerthwyn Press, LLC.

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