lithotripsy (ESWL) treatment to compare its anxiolytic effects with those of midazolam.
METHODS: Ninety-eight urolithiasis patients were randomly divided into two groups.
Hemodynamic parameters, including mean arterial pressure, heart rate, respiration rate, and
oxygen saturation, were recorded in all patients. In 50 patients (group 1), 2 mg of midazolam
was administered intravenously 5 minutes before ESWL. In group 2 (n= 48), music chosen …