Music vs Midazolam During Preop Nerve Block Placement - Part 2 Study On Anxiolytic Options Before Peripheral Nerve Blocks

This study is evaluating music vs midazolam as a means of anxiolysis for preoperative single-shot nerve block placement.

Inclusion Criteria:Patients who are >18 years of agePatients able to give informed consent in receiving a peripheral nerve block in the preoperative bay for their primary anesthetic and/or for their postoperative pain controlExclusion Criteria:significant psychiatric disorder such as generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, depression, psychosis, bipolar disorderindividuals who were incompetent to give informed consentpregnant and/or breast-feeding patientsany underlying coagulopathyinfection or other factors which would be a contraindication to receiving a peripheral nerve blockhypersensitivity to midazolamhistory of renal impairment.Patients who were extremely anxious (scores greater than 50 on the State Trait Anxiety Inventory-6 (STAI-6) tool) were also excluded from the study.