[Perioperative sedation and analgesia for complications from arthroscopy and arthrotomy of the knee joint].

Estimation of the quality of the epidural anaesthesia of the patients sedated with Alprazolam and Midazolam in premedication before arthroscopy or arthrotomy of the knee was the goal of our study. Forty six (34 men and 12 women) ASA physical status 1-2 patients were divided into groups depending on the drugs orally applied in premedication (Alprazolam 0.5 mg, n = 29 or Midazolam 15 mg, n = 17) and of the kind of analgesia.

[Anesthesiology consulting unit in perioperative medicine].

There is a demand, caused by increase of one-day surgery, surgery of high risk patients with coexisting diseases, and growing need for patient education, for such improvement of preoperative preparation, which will enable an optimalization in patient care. That became a special task of Preanesthetic Evaluation Clinic. The aim of the paper was to analyze activity of local Preanesthetic Evaluation Clinic in years 1993-2000.