 Premedication
"Premedication" 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.
Preliminary administration of a drug preceding a diagnostic, therapeutic, or surgical procedure. The commonest types of premedication are antibiotics (ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS) and anti-anxiety agents. It does not include PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION.
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D011292
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.319.703
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Premedication" by people in Profiles.
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Doukky R, Morales Demori R, Jain S, Kiriakos R, Mwansa V, Calvin JE. Attenuation of the side effect profile of regadenoson: a randomized double-blinded placebo-controlled study with aminophylline in patients undergoing myocardial perfusion imaging. "The ASSUAGE trial". J Nucl Cardiol. 2012 Jun; 19(3):448-57.
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Assadi F. Acetazolamide for prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy: a new use for an old drug. Pediatr Cardiol. 2006 Mar-Apr; 27(2):238-42.
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Jaffer AK, Brotman DJ. Prevention of venous thromboembolism in the geriatric patient. Clin Geriatr Med. 2006 Feb; 22(1):93-111, ix.
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Brotman DJ, Jaffer AK, Hurbanek JG, Morra N. Warfarin prophylaxis and venous thromboembolism in the first 5 days following hip and knee arthroplasty. Thromb Haemost. 2004 Nov; 92(5):1012-7.
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D'Amico R, Pinto LA, Meyer P, Landay AL, Harris AA, Clerici M, Berzofsky JA, Shearer GM, Kessler HA. Effect of zidovudine postexposure prophylaxis on the development of HIV-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocyte responses in HIV-exposed healthcare workers. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1999 Jun; 20(6):428-30.
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Tuman KJ, McCarthy RJ, O'Connor CJ, McCarthy WE, Ivankovich AD. Aspirin does not increase allogeneic blood transfusion in reoperative coronary artery surgery. Anesth Analg. 1996 Dec; 83(6):1178-84.
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