Midazolam is a benzodiazepine with rapid onset of action and short duration of effect. Midazolam acts as a sedative, as an antiepileptic, for those infants who are refractory to standard antiepileptic therapy, and as an anesthetic . The drug is usually administered intravenously; when minimal sedation is required, intranasal administration of midazolam is employed.
Midazolam is a short-acting benzodiazepine with rapid onset of action which has anxiolytic, muscle relaxant, and anticonvulsant activity, now most widely used to generate anterograde amnesia and to stop prolonged seizures in children. It is one of the most widely used sedatives in the “neonatal intensive care unit”. Infants may experience moderate to severe pain in the “neonatal intensive care unit” and the use of a sedative to make their life comfortable when undergoing painful procedures is useful Benzodiazepines act at…
