| Descriptor English: | Preanesthetic Medication | ||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | Medicación Preanestésica 
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Medicação Pré-Anestésica | ||||
| Descriptor French: | Prémédication anesthésique | ||||
| Entry term(s): | Medication, Preanesthetic Medications, Preanesthetic Preanesthetic Medications | ||||
| Tree number(s): | E02.760.731.775.750 E03.806 E04.604.750.619 N02.421.585.722.775.750 | ||||
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011229 | ||||
| Scope note: | Drugs administered before an anesthetic to decrease a patient's anxiety and control the effects of that anesthetic. | ||||
| Allowable Qualifiers: | AE                                                            adverse effects CL classification EC economics ES ethics HI history IS instrumentation MO mortality MT methods NU nursing PX psychology SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends VE veterinary | ||||
| DeCS ID: | 11664 | ||||
| Unique ID: | D011229 | ||||
| NLM Classification: | WO 234 | ||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||
| Date Established: | 1966/01/01 | ||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||
| Revision Date: | 2015/06/17 | 
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                                        ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT
 
 Therapeutics [E02]Therapeutics
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 ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT
 Anesthesia and Analgesia [E03]Anesthesia and Analgesia
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 ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT
 Surgical Procedures, Operative [E04]Surgical Procedures, Operative
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                | Concept UI | M0017447 | 
| Scope note | Drugs administered before an anesthetic to decrease a patient's anxiety and control the effects of that anesthetic. | 
| Preferred term | Preanesthetic Medication | 
| Entry term(s) | Medication, Preanesthetic Medications, Preanesthetic Preanesthetic Medications | 
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