"Postoperative Care" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The period of care beginning when the patient is removed from surgery and aimed at meeting the patient's psychological and physical needs directly after surgery. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D011182
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.731.700 E04.604.500 N02.421.585.722.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Postoperative Procedures- Postoperative Procedures
- Postoperative Procedure
- Procedure, Postoperative
- Procedures, Postoperative
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Postoperative Care" by people in Profiles.
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Intraoperative neuraxial anesthesia but not postoperative neuraxial analgesia is associated with increased relapse-free survival in ovarian cancer patients after primary cytoreductive surgery. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2011 May-Jun; 36(3):271-7.