Music vs Midazolam During Preop Nerve Block Placement - Part 2 Study On Anxiolytic Options Before Peripheral Nerve Blocks

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who are \>18 years of age * Patients able to give informed consent in receiving a peripheral nerve block in the preoperative bay for their primary anesthetic and/or for their postoperative pain control Exclusion Criteria: * significant psychiatric disorder such as generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, depression, psychosis, bipolar disorder * individuals who were incompetent to give informed consent * pregnant and/or breast-feeding patients * any underlying coagulopathy * infection or other factors which would be a contraindication to receiving a peripheral nerve block * hypersensitivity to midazolam * history of renal impairment. * Patients who were extremely anxious (scores greater than 50 on the State Trait Anxiety Inventory-6 (STAI-6) tool) were also excluded from the study.