[A new method of administering analgesic sedation before gastroscopy--a comparative study of 100 patients]

The authors administered to two groups (56 and 44) patients before gastroscopy analgosedation-5 mg diazepam and local anaesthesia of the throat. To the first group diazepam was administered by the i.v., to the second group by the sublingual route. The objective was to find out whether analgosedation is desirable from the patients aspect and whether the sublingual form of premedication is accepted by the patients. The authors found that 90% of the patients wish to have analgosedation and anaesthesia before the procedure. The sublingual form of administration was accepted by 89% of the patients.