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Descriptor English:   Premedication 
Descriptor Spanish:   Premedicación 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Pré-Medicação 
Synonyms English:   Premedications  
Tree Number:   E02.319.703
Definition English:   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. 
Indexing Annotation English:   coord IM with specific drug /ther use (IM); includes anti-anxiety medication; does not include antibiotic premedication ( = ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS)
See Related English:   Antibiotic Prophylaxis
Preanesthetic Medication
 
History Note English:   73(69) 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AE adverse effects CL classification
EC economics ES ethics
HI history IS instrumentation
MT methods MO mortality
NU nursing PX psychology
ST standards SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends VE veterinary
Record Number:   11729 
Unique Identifier:   D011292 

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