Open AccessAssociation between benzodiazepine premedication and 30-day mortality rate
Author(s) -
Ana Kowark,
Marc Moritz Berger,
Rolf Rossaint,
Matthias Schmid,
Mark Coburn
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
european journal of anaesthesiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.445
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2346
pISSN - 0265-0215
DOI - 10.1097/eja.0000000000001638
Subject(s) - premedication , medicine , benzodiazepine , propensity score matching , anesthesia , hazard ratio , surgery , confidence interval , receptor
Recent guidelines suggest that benzodiazepine premedication should be avoided in elderly patients, though with limited supporting evidence.