title: [Midazolam as an intramuscular premedication agent: definition of posology as a function of age].
abstract: In order to determine the optimal posology of midazolam as an intramuscular premodication according to age, three groups of 25 patients were constituted. The mean age of group 1 receiving 0.12 mg . kg-1, was 31.6 +/- 7.3 years, the mean age of group 2, receiving 0.16 mg . kg-1, was 31.8 +/- 7.6 years and the mean age of group 3, receiving 0.10 mg . kg-1, was 73.8 +/- 8.2 years. The results were the following: sedation of anxiety was good or very good in respectively 80 p. 100 and 95 p. 100 of patients in groups 2 and 3, versus 48 p. 100 in group 1; a reversible sleep was obtained in 18 p. 100 of cases in group 2 and 44 p. 100 in group 3; no patient was asleep in group 1; overall clinical results were found satisfactory in 80 p. 100 of patients in group 2, and 95 p. 100 in group 3 versus 48 p. 100 in group 1. Neither incident nor adverse reactions were to be reported. There was no modification in respiratory rate; the slight hemodynamic modifications which appeared can be attributed to atropine sulfate administered together with midazolam. In conclusion, the appropriate posology of midazolam administered intra-muscularly decreases with age, from 0.16 mg . kg-1 for the thirty years old patients to 0.10 mg . kg-1 for the seventy years old patients. Midazolam exhibits a remarkable cardiorespiratory neutrality event in the elderly.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001569:Benzodiazepines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D008874:Midazolam; D011229:Preanesthetic Medication / Q000379:methods*; D012119:Respiration / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D001569:Benzodiazepines; D008874:Midazolam
vernacular_title: Le midazolam comme agent de prémédication intramusculaire: définition des posologies en fonction de l'âge.