Mydriatric

In general, mydriatric drugs should be avoided; but if administered, a notation should be made on the patient’s chart.

Cyclopentolate hydrochloride is a mydriatric and cycloplegic drug which shares the pharmacologic effects of atropine on the eye.

The third hurdle to the concept of pupil dilation in the primary care office is the misperceived burden that a single instillation of a mydriatric drop would impose on the doctor, office staff, and office routine.

The pupil usually becomes large (i.e., mydriatric) and responds poorly to a light stimulus (i.e., “pupil-involving third nerve palsy”).

Contact sensitivity to a cycloplegic mydriatric agent and to its pharmacological components tropicamide and phenylephrine hydrochloride was reported on the finger of a nurse.

Exaggerated pupil dilation in response to a mydriatric drug has been proposed as a diagnostic biomarker of AD with controversial results.

Cocaïne.—Let us mention, finally, cocaïne as the most recent mydriatric we possess.

How often do we envy the ophthalmologist for his ability to use mydriatrics and thus widen the pupil for easy exploration of the eye(-)ground!