A COMPARATIVE STUDY AMONG INTRANASAL DEXMEDETOMIDINE, ORAL MIDAZOLAMAND ORAL CLONIDINE AS PREMEDICATION IN PAEDIATRIC CASES. A RANDOMISED DOUBLE BLIND STUDY.

Abstract

It is generally accepted that apprehension and anxiety should be controlled
before children are transported to the operating room for anaesthetic
induction. Anxiety during the perioperative period has been described as a
subiective feeling of apprehension, fear, and nervousness1
.
The ideal preanesthetic medication should provide a quick onset, have
short-lived effects while enabling easy separation of the child from the
caregivers.
The drugs used for premedication in paediatric cases are Intranasal
Dexmedetomidine, oral Midazolam and oral Clonidine.