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Why do you need to give a patient a benzodiazipine prior to surgery with general anesthesia?

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Helps the anesthetic: Maybe I should leave this for an anesthesiologist to answer, but basically it's because benzo's are relatively safe ; help relaxation ; forgetting the procedure, so that less general anesthesia (which is more hazardous) is needed. Often multiple drugs are used in anesthesia to balance the aims ; the medical risks.

Dr Pappas and another doctor agreed

Answered 4/17/2016

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