[Use of benzodiazepines in anesthesia and resuscitation]

Diazepam, clorazepate and flunitrazepam are used to premedicate , to anesthetize and after the intervention. Anxiolysis , sedation, hypnosis, muscle relaxation, amnesia and seizure prevention justified their employment. They have few side effects. Anesthesiologist just have to be careful of their long-acting effects as for ambulatory anaesthesia.