Sedation During Spinal Anesthesia Clinical Trial
Official title:
A Comparison of the Sedative Effect of Ketamine and Midazolam During Spinal Anaesthesia for Elective Unilateral Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Randomized Comparative Trial
Patients during spinal anesthesia should be sedated.
Spinal anesthesia offers a number of advantages to both the patient and the physician. However, patients are often reluctant to remain awake during a procedure. Sedation has been shown to increase patient satisfaction during regional anesthesia and may be considered as a means to increase the patient's acceptance.Therefore, provision of adequate sedation is important if the advantages of spinal anesthesia are to be fully appreciated. ;