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Descriptor English: Preanesthetic Medication
Descriptor Spanish: Medicación Preanestésica
Descriptor medicación preanestésica
Scope note: FÁRMACOS que se administran antes de la anestesia para reducir la ansiedad del paciente y controlar los efectos del anestésico.
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
Preanesthetic Medication - Preferred
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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