Anaesthesia, critical care & pain medicine
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Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med · Jun 2015
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudySedative premedication before surgery--A multicentre randomized study versus placebo.
Anxiolytic premedication before non-ambulatory surgery in adult patients may have become of less importance in an era of better preoperative patient information. Moreover, an oral hypnotic given the night before surgery may be as efficient as an anxiolytic for relieving patient anxiety. These two strategies were compared for superiority to a placebo and to each other for non-inferiority. ⋯ Premedication in non-ambulatory surgery is no more effective than a placebo, owing to the very moderate level of anxiety experienced by patients.