[Oral premedication in ambulatory surgical otorhinolaryngology in children].

34 children selected into two groups due to age (patients from 4 to 7 year old were included in the 1st group, the 2nd group consisted of children, aged from 8 years to 14 years, were premedicated with dormicum, and in other 37 patients standard premedication was applied. The state of cardiovascular system was estimated by means of indices of central hemodynamics and heart rate monitoring data. Every patient was examined both before and 30 minutes after premedication. While standard premedication activates central hemodynamics, increases, especially in older children, left ventricular performance, premedication with dormicum influence neither indices of central hemodynamics nor left ventricular performance, and causes moderate sympatical activation by dormicum in dose of 0.5 mg/kg, appearing to be effective in children of any age and can be used in ambulatory surgical otorhinolaryngology in children.