Predominant effects of midazolam for conscious sedation: benefits beyond the early postoperative period

摘要

Purpose Conscious sedation with intravenous sedative–hypnotic drugs has the advantage of relaxing patients before invasive procedures. Preoperative anxiety has been suggested to correlate with postoperative comfortableness. In this study, we chose midazolam and droperidol as well-established intravenous sedative–hypnotic drugs. We evaluated the preoperative anxiolytic effect on postoperative memories and emotions up to the first postoperative morning.