Midazolam premedication facilitates mask ventilation in children during propofol induction of anesthesia: a randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Mask ventilation is the most widely used method to provide ventilation during anesthesia induction. Appropriate head and neck positions, exaggerated jaw lifts, two-hand and two-person ventilation, and the use of oral or nasal airways can facilitate mask ventilation. Neuromuscular blockers and premedication drugs such as midazolam and dexmedetomidine have also been proposed to facilitate mask ventilation. The hypothesis of this study was that midazolam premedication would facilitate mask ventilation in children.

Methods

Children aged 2-10 years were randomized into two groups. The midazolam group (Group M) received an intravenous dose of midazolam premedication (0.1 mg/kg, maximum dose 3 mg), and the control group received an intravenous dose of saline of the same vol

SUBMITTER: Yarimoglu R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11917019 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature