Results of survey of premedication practice for tracheal intubation in term and preterm neonates in Australia and the United Kingdom
| United Kingdom | Australia | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term | Preterm | Term | Preterm | ||||
| Routine premedication (%) | 22 (42) | 18 (34) | 15 (71) | 14 (67) | |||
| Opiate | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | |||
| BDZ | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Opiate + BDZ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Opiate + muscle relaxant ± atropine | 6 | 6 | 11 | 9 | |||
| BDZ + muscle relaxant ± atropine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
BDZ, benzodiazepine.