Open AccessEffect of Different Dosages of Intravenous Midazolam Premedication on Patients Undergoing Head and Neck Surgeries- A Double Blinded Randomized Controlled Study
Author(s) -
R. D. Gupta,
Neeta Santha,
Madhusudan Upadya,
Jesni Joseph Manissery
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/26414.10381
Subject(s) - anesthesia , midazolam , medicine , sedation , premedication , visual analogue scale , heart rate , randomized controlled trial , respiratory rate , anxiety , dose , amnesia , surgery , blood pressure , radiology , psychiatry , pharmacology
Benzodiazepines primarily acts on the central nervous system. Most patients are extremely anxious in the pre-operative period. Excessive anxiety adversely influences anaesthetic induction and often leads to functional impairment and poor recovery after surgery.