Anxiolysis in the Surgical Management of a Compound Odontoma in a Pediatric Patient

Table 1

Anxiolysis protocol adopted in the case of pediatric patients.

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N₂O/O₂^a

OR midazolam 0.50-0.75 mg/kg oral administration (maximum: 20 mg) or 0.2 mg/kg intravenous medication (maximum:

OR diazepam 0.2-0.5 mg/kg oral administration (maximum:

OR hydroxyzine oral solution 0.5 mg//O₂^a

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^aMedical nitrous oxide/oxygen mixture. The percentage of N₂O is titrated for each patient during every procedure; ^bthe drug used as benzodiazepines antagonist is flumazenil 0.01 mg/kg (maximum: 0.2 mg) followed if necessary by additional 0.01 mg/kg every minute up to five times (maximum tolerated cumulative dose: 1 mg).