preoperative care

Preferred Label : preoperative care;

MeSH definition : Care given during the period prior to undergoing surgery when psychological and physical preparations are made according to the special needs of the individual patient. This period spans the time between admission to the hospital to the time the surgery begins. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed);

MeSH synonym : care, preoperative;

MeSH hyponym : preoperative procedure; Procedure, Preoperative; Procedures, Preoperative; Preoperative Procedures;

MeSH annotation : preop use of antibiotics for prev of infect: index under ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS & not here; DF: PREOP CARE; preoperative use of antibiotics for prevention of infection: index under ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS & not here;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preoperative care;

Details

Origin ID

D011300;

UMLS CUI

C0033061;

Allowable qualifiers
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- education [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- rehabilitation [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
Record concept(s)
- preoperative care [MeSH concept]
- preoperative procedure [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- Surgical Clearance [MeSH Descriptor]
- preoperative period [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Health Care Activity [UMLS semantic type]

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