Sedatives in regional anesthesia.
In regional anesthesia our experience shows that the association of small dose of fentanyl (20 mcg i.v.) and droperidol (1 mg i.v.) with a small dose of benzodiazepine i.v. injected 5' after provides a good sedation during surgery. The choice of the benzodiazepine is based on the duration of anesthesia: midazolam (1.5 or 3 mg i.v.) in anesthesia with a duration less or equal to 1 h 30'; flunitrazepam (0.2 mg or 0.4 mg i.v.) in anesthesia with a duration longer than 1 h 30'.
Van Steenberge
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Service d'Anesthésie, Clinique Ste. Anne, Bruxelles.
Fanard
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Van der Puyl
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F
D000759:Adjuvants, Anesthesia; D000328:Adult; D000765:Anesthesia, Conduction; D004329:Droperidol; D004357:Drug Synergism; D005283:Fentanyl; D005445:Flunitrazepam; D006801:Humans; D008874:Midazolam; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors
D000759:Adjuvants, Anesthesia; D005445:Flunitrazepam; D004329:Droperidol; D008874:Midazolam; D005283:Fentanyl