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Study aim
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This clinical study was set out to compare the effects of atropine and hyoscine on the frequency of oculocardiac reflex in patients with scleral buckling surgery.
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Design
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Three parallel group randomized trial with three blinded participant, investigator and surgeon for preventive effect of anticholinergics on oculocardiac reflex
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Settings and conduct
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This study is performed in patients with scleral buckling in Khatam Al-Anbia Hospital. After monitoring and intravenous saline injection, induction of anesthesia was performed with 2 mg/kg fentanyl, 0.5 mg/kg atracurium, and 2 mg/kg propofol. After 2 minutes, patients were intubated and after confirmation of the location, the patients were placed under mechanical ventilation with a volume of 8 cc/kg. Respiratory rate was adjusted based on capnography and ETco2 was maintained in the range of 35-45 mmHg. Then, according to the protocol, the injection was performed in the control group (distilled water), the atropine group , and the hyoscine group .The solutions were prepared in two ml volume, the patient and the researcher that evaluating the symptoms did not know the injected drugs.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria were American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) class I and II.
Exclusion criteria were : ASA > II, uncontrolled hypertension, coronary artery disease, respiratory disease, addiction, preoperative beta-blocker use, and hypersensitivity to hyoscine and atropine.
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Intervention groups
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After induction, in the control group distilled water, in the atropine group 0.02 mg/kg up to a maximum of 0.5 mg, and in
the hyoscine group 0.2 mg/kg was injected
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Main outcome variables
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Patients' vital signs, blood pressure, heart rate, and capnography were recorded before induction, after induction, and intubation , at the beginning of surgery and every 10 minutes until the end of the operation.