"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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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Premedication" by people in Profiles.
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Tsubokawa T, Solaroglu I, Yatsushige H, Cahill J, Yata K, Zhang JH. Cathepsin and calpain inhibitor E64d attenuates matrix metalloproteinase-9 activity after focal cerebral ischemia in rats. Stroke. 2006 Jul; 37(7):1888-94.
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Kirtane AJ, Rahman AM, Martinezclark P, Jeremias A, Seto TB, Manning WJ. Adherence to American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines for the management of anticoagulation in patients with mechanical valves undergoing elective outpatient procedures. Am J Cardiol. 2006 Mar 15; 97(6):891-3.
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Pearl JM, Nelson DP, Schwartz SM, Wagner CJ, Bauer SM, Setser EA, Duffy JY. Glucocorticoids reduce ischemia-reperfusion-induced myocardial apoptosis in immature hearts. Ann Thorac Surg. 2002 Sep; 74(3):830-6; discussion 836-7.
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Eppinger MJ, Ward PA, Jones ML, Bolling SF, Deeb GM. Disparate effects of nitric oxide on lung ischemia-reperfusion injury. Ann Thorac Surg. 1995 Nov; 60(5):1169-75; discussion 1176.