Ventilatory pattern following diazepam and lorazepam.

Adeoshun I O, Healy T E, Patrick J M

Anaesthesia. 1979 May;34(5):450-2. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1979.tb06322.x.

The effect of intravenous diazepam (10 mg) or lorazepam (2 mg) on the ventilatory pattern has been studied in two groups of ten patients prior to elective surgery. Injection of lorazepam was followed by a periodic pattern of ventilation in nine patients.