PARADOX - the Incidence of Paradoxical Reactions in Pediatric Patients Premedicated With Midazolam

Summary The premedication is one of the essential sides of pediatrics anesthesia. Midazolam is considered such as standard these days. Children may develope a paradoxical reaction to benzodiazepines which is one of the adverse effect. Its incidence is unknown. The hypothesis is, in pediatric patients undergoing general anesthesia premedicated with oral midazolam, the incidence of the paradoxical reaction is 10%. Primary Goal of the study is to find out the incidence of the paradoxical reaction in pediatric patients premedicated with oral midazolam prior to general anesthesia. Secondary goal is to find out the incidence of the paradoxical reactions in children of different age groups. For the assessment, the study uses parameters: RASS, blood pressure, heart rate, PAED, PSAS, MAS and VAS.