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Descriptor English: Preoperative Care
Descriptor Spanish: Cuidados Preoperatorios
Descriptor asistencia preoperatoria
Entry term(s) cuidados preoperatorios
Scope note: Atención que se presta durante el período previo a una intervención quirúrgica cuando se realiza la preparación psicológica y física de acuerdo a las necesidades especiales de un paciente dado. Este período comprende el tiempo entre el ingreso en el hospital y el momento en que comienza la intervención. (Traducción libre del original: Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Cuidados Pré-Operatórios
Descriptor French: Soins préopératoires
Entry term(s): Care, Preoperative
Preoperative Procedure
Preoperative Procedures
Procedure, Preoperative
Procedures, Preoperative
Tree number(s): E02.760.731.775
E04.604.750
N02.421.585.722.775
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011300
Scope note: 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)
Annotation: preoperative use of antibiotics for prevention of infection: index under ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS & not here
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Entry Version: PREOP CARE
DeCS ID: 20180
Unique ID: D011300
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/29
Preoperative Care - Preferred
Concept UI M0017548
Scope note 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)
Preferred term Preoperative Care
Entry term(s) Care, Preoperative
Preoperative Procedure - Narrower
Concept UI M0017549
Preferred term Preoperative Procedure
Entry term(s) Preoperative Procedures
Procedure, Preoperative
Procedures, Preoperative



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