Effects of midazolam on pain sensations in the face

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-15

  Nakanishi, Osamu ^a   Amano, Yuji ^b   Ishikawa, Toshizo ^c   Azuma, Mami ^a   Imamura, Yoshiki ^a  

^a KYUSHU DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Tagawa City Hospital   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOUCH;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CHIN; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOUCH;

EID: 0031182663     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(97)90286-9     Document Type: Article

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