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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Bar chart showing 127 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	0	2	2
1996	0	3	3
1998	1	1	2
2000	0	1	1
2001	0	3	3
2002	0	3	3
2003	1	3	4
2004	0	8	8
2005	2	2	4
2006	1	1	2
2007	1	6	7
2008	0	2	2
2009	0	4	4
2010	1	3	4
2011	5	2	7
2012	1	4	5
2013	4	5	9
2014	2	6	8
2015	2	2	4
2016	2	4	6
2017	3	5	8
2018	3	8	11
2019	3	3	6
2020	2	5	7
2021	1	1	2
2022	0	1	1
2023	2	0	2
2024	0	2	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Preoperative Care" by people in Profiles.

Arab S, Josan K, Merzah J, Motairek I, Goldsweig AM. Routine Nil Per Os Before All Cardiac Catheterisations: Time to Reconsider? Can J Cardiol. 2025 Feb; 41(2):256-263.

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Greenberg JK, Frumkin M, Xu Z, Zhang J, Javeed S, Zhang JK, Benedict B, Botterbush K, Yakdan S, Molina CA, Pennicooke BH, Hafez D, Ogunlade JI, Pallotta N, Gupta MC, Buchowski JM, Neuman B, Steinmetz M, Ghogawala Z, Kelly MP, Goodin BR, Piccirillo JF, Rodebaugh TL, Lu C, Ray WZ. Preoperative Mobile Health Data Improve Predictions of Recovery From Lumbar Spine Surgery. Neurosurgery. 2024 Sep 01; 95(3):617-626.

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Harris AHS, Finlay AK, Hagedorn HJ, Manfredi L, Jones G, Kamal RN, Sears ED, Hawn M, Eisenberg D, Pershing S, Mudumbai S. Identifying Strategies to Reduce Low-Value Preoperative Testing for Low-Risk Procedures: a Qualitative Study of Facilities with High or Recently Improved Levels of Testing. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Nov; 38(14):3209-3215.

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Hamel MS, Tuuli M. Prevention of Postoperative Surgical Site Infection Following Cesarean Delivery. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2023 Jun; 50(2):327-338.

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Sadiq H, Rampam S, Patel J, Crawford S, Walz M, Kapoor A. Preoperative walking intervention did not appear to improve patient-reported postoperative recovery in older adults with frailty traits: Randomized trial. Medicine (Baltimore). 2022 Sep 23; 101(38):e30689.

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Coderre D, Brahmbhatt P, Hunter TL, Baima J. Cancer Prehabilitation in Practice: the Current Evidence. Curr Oncol Rep. 2022 11; 24(11):1569-1577.

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Lee RM, Ethun CG, Gamboa AC, Turgeon MK, Tran T, Poultsides G, Grignol V, Bedi M, Mogal H, Clarke CN, Tseng J, Roggin KK, Chouliaras K, Votanopoulos K, Krasnick BA, Fields RC, Oskouei SV, Monson DK, Reimer NB, Maithel SK, Pickens A, Cardona K. A novel preoperative risk score to guide patient selection for resection of soft tissue sarcoma lung metastases: An analysis from the United States Sarcoma Collaborative. J Surg Oncol. 2021 Dec; 124(8):1477-1484.

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Effects of pre-operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia. 2021 11; 76(11):1454-1464.

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Kalbfell E, Kata A, Buffington AS, Marka N, Brasel KJ, Mosenthal AC, Cooper Z, Finlayson E, Schwarze ML. Frequency of Preoperative Advance Care Planning for Older Adults Undergoing High-risk Surgery: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Surg. 2021 07 01; 156(7):e211521.

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Konuthula N, Perez FA, Maga AM, Abuzeid WM, Moe K, Hannaford B, Bly RA. Automated atlas-based segmentation for skull base surgical planning. Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg. 2021 Jun; 16(6):933-941.

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