COMPARISON OF DEXMEDETOMIDINE AND MIDAZOLAM FOR SEDATION AND ANALGESIA DURING SEPTOPLASTY UNDER MONITORED ANESTHESIA CARE

ABSTRACT Objective: To compare dexmedetomidine and midazolam for effective sedation and pain relief during monitored anesthesia care for septoplasty using ramsay sedation scale and visual analogue scale. Study Design: Prospective observational study. Place and Duration of Study: Anesthesia Departmen...

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Published in:Pakistan Armed Forces medical journal 2020-02 (1), p.53
Main Authors: Wahid, Faisal, Hussain, Aftab, Iftikhar, Hina, Faiz-Ur-Rehman, Ahmed, Mushtaq, Yousaf, Muhammad Javad
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Analgesics
Anesthesia
Conflicts of interest
Drug dosages
Endoscopy
Fentanyl
Narcotics
Pain
Patient satisfaction
Performance evaluation
Surgery
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Summary:ABSTRACT Objective: To compare dexmedetomidine and midazolam for effective sedation and pain relief during monitored anesthesia care for septoplasty using ramsay sedation scale and visual analogue scale. Study Design: Prospective observational study. Place and Duration of Study: Anesthesia Department, Combined Military Hospital Malir, from May 2019 to Jul 2019. Methodology: After ethical committee approval, 100 patients were recruited and divided in two groups to undergo septoplasty under local anesthesia. Group1 received dexmedetomidine 1 microgram/kg intravenously given over Five minute followed by 0.5 micrograms/kg/hr. Group 2 received midazolam 0.06 mg/kg intravenously slowly followed by 0.01mg/kg/hr. Sedation was titrated with ramsay sedation scale. The target end point was patient having ramsay sedation scale 3 by the end of 10 minutes. Rescue sedation was given in patients having ramsay sedation scale
ISSN:0030-9648
2411-8842