Comparison of the effects of cranial electrotherapy stimulation and midazolam as preoperative treatment in geriatric patients: A CONSORT-compliant randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although midazolam is widely administered as an anxiolytic premedication, it may cause over-sedation and hypoxia in geriatric patients. Cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES) is a nonpharmacological device with anxiolytic effect. This study compared the effects of CES and midazolam as a preoperative treatment in geriatric patients.

Methods

Eighty patients, under the age of 65 to 79 years, undergoing general anesthesia were randomly assigned into midazolam premedication group (M group, n = 40) or CES pretreatment group (CES group, n = 40). The patients in the M group were intramuscularly injected with midazolam (0.07 mg/kg) 30 minutes before receiving general anesthesia. The patients in the CES group received 20 minutes of CES pretreatment on the day before and o

SUBMITTER: Park BS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9439722 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature