• Military medicine · Nov 1995

    Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial

    Comparison of rectal to intranasal administration of midazolam for premedication of children.

    • V Khazin, S Ezra, and A Cohen.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel.
    • Mil Med. 1995 Nov 1;160(11):579-81.

    AbstractSixty children aged 3 to 9, undergoing minor surgical procedures, were studied to compare 0.5 mg/kg intranasal with 0.5 mg/kg rectal midazolam as a premedication. The children were evaluated for their ability to tolerate the medication, preanesthetic sedation, and alertness after anesthesia. Both premedication routes were equally effective in sedating the children. In both groups, a significant loss of effectiveness was noted if induction of the anesthesia began more than 30 minutes after administration of the medication (p < 0.0003). Rectal midazolam was much better tolerated by the children than the intranasal route (30 versus 3, p < 0.0001). We advocate the rectal over the intranasal route for premedication with midazolam in children, and anesthetic induction should occur no more than 30 minutes after administration of premedication.

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