Preoperative Care

"Preoperative 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.

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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)

Descriptor ID	D011300
MeSH Number(s)	E02.760.795 E04.604.750 N02.421.585.795
Concept/Terms	Preoperative Care Preoperative Care Care, Preoperative Preoperative Procedure Preoperative Procedure Procedure, Preoperative Procedures, Preoperative Preoperative Procedures

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Preoperative Care".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Patient Care [E02.760]
Preoperative Care [E02.760.795]
Surgical Procedures, Operative [E04]
Perioperative Care [E04.604]
Preoperative Care [E04.604.750]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Services [N02.421]
Patient Care [N02.421.585]
Preoperative Care [N02.421.585.795]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Preoperative Care".

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2000	0	1	1
2003	0	1	1
2004	2	2	4
2005	0	2	2
2006	1	1	2
2007	0	1	1
2009	1	0	1
2011	1	0	1
2012	0	1	1
2013	1	1	2
2014	1	1	2
2015	0	1	1
2016	1	0	1
2017	0	2	2
2019	2	1	3
2021	1	1	2
2024	0	3	3

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Dason S, Goradia R, Heh V, Sood A, Lee M, Son Y, Yang Y, Wang SJ, Hasanov E, Posid T, Singer EA. Impact of Preoperative Systemic Therapy on Cytoreductive Nephrectomy Outcomes in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP). Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2025 Feb; 23(1):102258.

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Fleurent-Gr?goire C, Burgess N, McIsaac DI, Chevalier S, Fiore JF, Carli F, Levett D, Moore J, Grocott MP, Copeland R, Edbrooke L, Engel D, Testa GD, Denehy L, Gillis C. Towards a common definition of surgical prehabilitation: a scoping review of randomised trials. Br J Anaesth. 2024 Aug; 133(2):305-315.

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Fleurent-Gr?goire C, Burgess N, Denehy L, Edbrooke L, Engel D, Testa GD, Fiore JF, McIsaac DI, Chevalier S, Moore J, Grocott MP, Copeland R, Levett D, Scheede-Bergdahl C, Gillis C. Outcomes reported in randomised trials of surgical prehabilitation: a scoping review. Br J Anaesth. 2024 Jul; 133(1):42-57.

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Dawson LP, Chen D, Dagan M, Bloom J, Taylor A, Duffy SJ, Shaw J, Lefkovits J, Stub D. Assessment of Pretreatment With Oral P2Y12 Inhibitors and Cardiovascular and Bleeding Outcomes in Patients With Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 11 01; 4(11):e2134322.

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Komarraju A, Mehta ST, Glacier C, Nabaweesi R, Choudhary A, Ramakrishnaiah R. Ultra-Low-Dose Computed Tomography Protocol for Preoperative Evaluation in Children With Craniofacial Anomalies. J Craniofac Surg. 2021 Jan-Feb 01; 32(1):130-133.

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Mikami Y, Jo T, Matsuzaki H, Ishimori T, Saito M, Sakamoto Y, Yamauchi Y, Takai D, Yatomi Y, Nagase T. Preoperative intervention with long-acting bronchodilators for the reduction of postoperative pulmonary complications in untreated patients with obstructive lung disease. Clin Respir J. 2020 Feb; 14(2):92-101.

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Sharma P, Zaheer S, Goyal S, Ahluwalia C, Goyal A, Bhuyan G, Mandal AK. Clinicopathological analysis of extracranial head and neck schwannoma: A case series. J Cancer Res Ther. 2019 Jul-Sep; 15(3):659-664.

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Mafi JN, Godoy-Travieso P, Wei E, Anders M, Amaya R, Carrillo CA, Berry JL, Sarff L, Daskivich L, Vangala S, Ladapo J, Keeler E, Damberg CL, Sarkisian C. Evaluation of an Intervention to Reduce Low-Value Preoperative Care for Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery at a Safety-Net Health System. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 05 01; 179(5):648-657.

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Alsafran S, Sherman SK, Dahdaleh FS, Ruhle B, Mercier F, Kaplan EL, Angelos P, Grogan RH. Preoperative calcitriol reduces postoperative intravenous calcium requirements and length of stay in parathyroidectomy for renal-origin hyperparathyroidism. Surgery. 2019 01; 165(1):151-157.

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Singh R, Avila J, Jo K, Nguyen KTK, Carrillo NR, Huang EC, Campbell MJ. Patients with Non-invasive Follicular Thyroid Neoplasm with Papillary-Like Nuclear Features are Unlikely to have Malignant Preoperative Cytology. Ann Surg Oncol. 2017 Oct; 24(11):3300-3305.

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