Midazolam is a short-acting sleep-inducing drug that is indicated: In adults * CONSCIOUS SEDATION before and during diagnostic or therapeutic procedures with or without local anaesthesia * ANAESTHESIA* Premedication before induction of anaesthesia* Induction of anaesthesia* As a sedative component in combined anaesthesia * SEDATION IN INTENSIVE CARE UNITSIn children * CONSCIOUS SEDATION before and during diagnostic or therapeutic procedures with or without local anaesthesia * ANAESTHESIA* Premedication before induction of anaesthesia * SEDATION IN INTENSIVE CARE UNITS