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MeSH Heading: Preanesthetic Medication
Tree Number(s): E02.760.731.775.750; E03.806; E04.604.750.619; N02.421.585.722.775.750
Unique ID: D011229
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011229
Scope Note: Drugs administered before an anesthetic to decrease a patient's anxiety and control the effects of that anesthetic.
NLM Classification #: WO 234
Public MeSH Note: 1966
History Note: 1966
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2022/04/08

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

methods (MT)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

psychology (PX)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

veterinary (VE)

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