Introduction: Regional anaesthesia has become an important anaesthetic technique. Effective sedation is an essential for regional techniques too.

Methodology: This study compares midazolam and propofol in terms of onset & recovery from sedation, dosage and side effects of both the drugs using Bispectral Index monitoring. 100 patients were randomly divided into two groups, one group received midazolam infusion while the other received propofol infusion until BIS reached 75. We observed Time to reach desired sedation, HR, MABP, time for recovery, dose to reach sedation and for maintenance of sedation and side effects if any.

Results: The time to reach required sedation was 11 min in Midazolam group(Group I) while it was 6 min in Propofol group(Group II) (p=0.0). Fall in MABP was greater with propofol. Recovery in with midazolam was slower than with propofol (18.6 vs 10.10min) (p=0.00).

Conclusion: We concluded that both midazolam and propofol are effective sedatives, but onset and offset was quicker with propofol, while midazolam was more cardio stable.