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Preanaesthetic Medication with Rectal Diazepam in Children
Author(s) -
Ahn N. Chr,
Andersen G. W.,
Thomsen A.,
Valentin N.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1981.tb01627.x
Subject(s) - medicine , diazepam , anesthesia
With the purpose of avoiding injections to children, the quality of rectal premedication with a solution of diazepam (Apozepamr̀) was investigated in a double‐blind study. Compared with a lytic cocktail (containing pethidine, promethazine and chlorpromazine), adequate preanaesthetic sedation was obtained with rectally administered diazepam in a dose of 0.75 mg kg ‐1 . However, following rectal diazepam, the majority of the children were very restless during recovery, but the combination of diazepam premedication and a small dose of lytic cocktail given i. m. during anaesthesia secured a smooth recovery in practically all children. The proportion of cases classified as “unsatisfactory” was higher in children below the age of 5 years than in the older children.