Table 8. Representative Dosing Guidelines for Continuous Intravenous Infusions of Midazolam for Intensive Care Unit Sedation^*

* For a 71-yr-old, 70-kg man receiving postoperative sedation with midazolam ± intravenous fentanyl (≤ 200 μg/h) for analgesia.

† Emergence time = time (h) for sedation score (SS) = 2.