Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
[Perioperative follow-up of physiologic and cognitive functions after oral premedication with midazolam 3.75 mg in women for retrobulbar anesthesia].
Recent changes in the medical system have resulted in a significant increase in the number of surgical procedures performed as day surgery. Therefore, a safe and short postoperative recovery period has become increasingly important. In the present study we investigated perioperative cognitive and physiological functions after oral premedication with low-dose midazolam (3.75 mg). ⋯ No differences between the groups could be found 2 h after the operations (2.92 +/- 35 min after premedication). Intraoperatively there was no significant difference in end-tital PCO2 and oxygenation between the groups. Oral administration of low-dose midazolam (3.75 mg) seems to be an appropriate form of premedication for ambulatory surgical procedures in elderly patients.