Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · May 1999
Continuous epidural administration of midazolam and bupivacaine for postoperative analgesia.
Midazolam has been reported to have a spinally mediated analgesic effect. Clinically, single-shot epidural or spinal administration of midazolam has been shown to have an analgesic effect on perioperative pain. In this study, we investigated the analgesic effect of continuous epidural administration of midazolam with bupivacaine on postoperative pain. ⋯ Adding midazolam (10 to 20 mg per 12 h) to continuous epidural infusion of bupivacaine for postoperative pain can provide a better analgesia, amnesia and sedation than bupivacaine alone.
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · May 1999
Comparative StudyPreoperative anxiety is associated with a high incidence of problematic behavior on emergence after halothane anesthesia in boys.
In our clinical experience, children who are crying before anesthesia are more likely to show agitated behavior on emergence. ⋯ The boys who were anxious before anesthesia showed a significantly greater incidence of problematic behavior on emergence from halothane anesthesia, compared with the boys who were calm before anesthesia.