Anesthetic drugs & techniques

Remimazolam and serious adverse events: A scoping review

Eur J AnaesthesiolPublished Systematic review of case reports and trials

Study context

Population
Patients receiving remimazolam for sedation or anaesthesia36 case reports
Participants
6,740 patients · 73 trials
Outcome
Serious adverse events

Pooled result

As reported in the abstract

Hypotension (cases)

911

Delayed emergence (cases)

68

Anaphylaxis (cases)

10

Re-sedation (cases)

8

Further pooled results

Higher BMI, older age and low plasma albumin are risk factors for delayed emergence

Original publication

Remimazolam and serious adverse events: A scoping review. Eur J Anaesthesiol. Published 18 September 2023. doi:10.1097/eja.0000000000001902

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