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Preferred term

Midazolam  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Dormicum
  • Hydrochloride, Midazolam
  • Maleate, Midazolam
  • Midazolam Hydrochloride
  • Midazolam Maleate
  • Ro 21 3981
  • Ro 21-3981
  • Ro 213981
  • Versed

Scope note

  • A short-acting hypnotic-sedative drug with anxiolytic and amnestic properties. It is used in dentistry, cardiac surgery, endoscopic procedures, as preanesthetic medication, and as an adjunct to local anesthesia. The short duration and cardiorespiratory stability makes it useful in poor-risk, elderly, and cardiac patients. It is water-soluble at pH less than 4 and lipid-soluble at physiological pH.

History note

  • 87

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • Dormicum
  • Midazolam Hameln
  • Swedish

  • Dormicum
  • Midazolamhydroklorid
  • Midazolammaleat

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008874

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