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June 20, 2026BJA OpenOpen Access

Rethinking remimazolam: reconciling regulatory positioning with clinical reality

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TWTheodora WingertJSJ. Robert Sneyd

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Editorial reveals practice patterns and outcomes of remimazolam use in a large health system, indicating a need for clarity in clinical roles.

Key Points

  • This editorial explores the practical use of remimazolam within a large health system, contrasting regulatory limits with real-world applications.
  • Analysis of 9431 cases of remimazolam use in a large United States health system.
  • Observation of recovery times, discharge readiness, and adverse event rates post-administration.
  • Examination of co-administration patterns with other anaesthetics.
  • Rapid recovery observed with remimazolam; critical event rate of 0.7%.
  • Patients showed faster readiness for discharge from the post-anaesthesia care unit and quicker return to baseline on the Richmond Agitation–Sedation Scale after flumazenil administration.
  • Remimazolam is frequently used for anaesthesia induction despite being licensed only for procedural sedation.

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Wingert et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a362e62db0793dc1a536197https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjao.2026.100567
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