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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-8-16
pubmed:abstractText
This randomised, placebo-controlled study assessed the effects of midazolam premedication on children's postoperative cognition and physical morbidity. In all, 179 children aged 5-10 years were randomly assigned to receive buccal midazolam (0.2 mg x kg(-1)) or placebo before sevoflurane-nitrous oxide anaesthesia for multiple dental extractions. They performed tests of choice reaction time, attention, psychomotor co-ordination and memory pre-operatively (baseline), before discharge and at 48 h. The reaction time of both groups was significantly slower before discharge compared to baseline, with the midazolam group being significantly slower than placebo. Psychomotor co-ordination was also significantly impaired postoperatively after midazolam. Performance on both tests had recovered to baseline by 48 h. Midazolam was also associated with significant anterograde amnesia, both postoperatively and at 48 h, for information presented in the interval between premedication and surgery. The results show significant short-term impairment of children's cognitive function and amnesia enduring for 48 h after low-dose midazolam premedication.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0003-2409
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
62
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
923-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-12-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17697220-Anesthesia, General, pubmed-meshheading:17697220-Anti-Anxiety Agents, pubmed-meshheading:17697220-Child, pubmed-meshheading:17697220-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:17697220-Cognition Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:17697220-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17697220-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17697220-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17697220-Mental Recall, pubmed-meshheading:17697220-Midazolam, pubmed-meshheading:17697220-Neuropsychological Tests, pubmed-meshheading:17697220-Postoperative Complications, pubmed-meshheading:17697220-Preanesthetic Medication, pubmed-meshheading:17697220-Psychometrics, pubmed-meshheading:17697220-Psychomotor Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:17697220-Reaction Time, pubmed-meshheading:17697220-Recognition (Psychology), pubmed-meshheading:17697220-Tooth Extraction
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
A randomised placebo-controlled trial of the effects of midazolam premedication on children's postoperative cognition.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Glasgow, Section of Psychological Medicine, Gartnavel Royal Hospital, 1055 Great Western Road, Glasgow G12 0XH, UK. k.millar@clinmed.gla.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't