Physiological responses to intravenous diazepam as a sedative for conservative dentistry.
The physiological responses to intravenous diazepam and oral local analgesia for conservative dentistry have been assessed in 16 patients. Apart from a transient tachycardia during actual administration of the drug, no clinically significant changes occurred in the haemodynamic, respiratory, or metabolic status of the patients. In some patients there was a period of incompetence of the laryngeal closure reflex.
D000766:Anesthesia, Dental; D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000187:drug effects; D003679:Deglutition / Q000187:drug effects; D003975:Diazepam; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007830:Larynx / Q000187:drug effects; D008660:Metabolism / Q000187:drug effects; D012018:Reflex / Q000187:drug effects; D012119:Respiration / Q000187:drug effects
D003975:Diazepam