background and aims. there are several known sedative drugs, with midazolam and ketamine being the most com-monly used drugs in children. the aim of this study was to compare the effect of intranasal and oral midazolam plus ket-amine in children with high levels of dental anxiety. materials and methods. a crossover double-blind clinical trial was conducted on 23 uncooperative children aged 3‒6 ...

objectives: midazolam with variable dosages has been used to induce sedation in pediatric dentistry. the aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of two dosages of oral midazolam for conscious sedation of children undergoing dental treatment. materials and methods: in this randomized crossover double blind clinical trial, 20 healthy children (asa i) aged three to six years with negative or...

background sedation is a condition of reduced level of consciousness (loc) for a patient that is created to decrease irritability, anxiety, and restlessness. objectives in this study, we compared the sedative effect of oral administration of ketamine, midazolam, and atropine cocktail with diphenhydramine in the referent children to the emergency department. patients and methods based on the dou...

Most fearful and uncooperative children can be managed with behavioral management techniques. However, when behavioral management strategies fail, some form of pharmacologic sedation or anesthesia has to be utilized. Midazolam, one of the commonly used oral sedation agent in children has several characteristics such as safety of use, rapid onset and some degree of amnesia that makes it a desira...

Objectives Pre- and post-sedation effect of oral Midazolam to promethazine in2-6 yrs old fearful children for dental treatment Methods This randomized clinical trial was carried out on a group of 26 children aged 2-6 years referred to the dental school due to their fear and multiple dental needs. Patients were selected from ASA I or II classification and scored 1 in Frankl Behavior scale. Each...

how to cite this article: ashrafimr, azizi malamiri r, zamani gr, mohammadi m, hosseini f. sleep inducing for eeg recording in children: a comparison between oral midazolam and chloral hydrate. iran j child neurol. 2013 winter;7(1):15-19. objective electroencephalography (eeg) recording is a long duration procedure that needs patient’s cooperation for device setup and performing the procedure. ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of oral ketamine versus oral midazolam for sedation during laceration repair at a pediatric emergency department. METHODS Children between 1 and 10 years requiring laceration repair were randomly assigned to 2 groups, treated either with oral midazolam (0.7 mg/kg) or with oral ketamine (5 mg/kg).Main outcomes measured were level of pain during local anesthesia...

Conscious Sedation is a technique in which the use of a drug produces a state of depression of central nervous system enabling treatment to be carried out, but during which verbal contact with the patients is maintained throughout the period of sedation. Various drugs have been used as sedative agents in pediatric dentistry to produce conscious sedation such a nitrous oxide, diazepam, midazolam...

abstract background this study aimed to compare sedative and analgesic effects of oral midazolam and ketamine on bone marrow aspiration (bma) and lumbar puncture (lp). material and methods this study was a randomized clinical trial and was performed in amirkola hospital in north of iran, babol during 2011 and 2012 .the study population consisted of 40 patients who underwent the first time of di...

upper endoscopy is a common procedure for the diagnosis and treatment of upper digestive tract diseases. the increasing number of pediatric gastrointestinal procedures has led to increasing attention on the safety and efficacy of medications used for sedation during the procedure. this randomized blinded interventional study was designed to compare the effect of oral midazolam with intravenous ...