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 145 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 14 publications in 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	3	3
1998	1	2	3
1999	1	0	1
2000	0	1	1
2001	0	4	4
2002	0	3	3
2003	1	2	3
2004	0	7	7
2005	2	3	5
2006	1	1	2
2007	1	6	7
2008	0	1	1
2009	0	5	5
2010	1	3	4
2011	5	3	8
2012	1	4	5
2013	5	5	10
2014	1	6	7
2015	2	2	4
2016	2	5	7
2017	3	6	9
2018	5	9	14
2019	5	3	8
2020	2	6	8
2021	1	4	5
2022	0	1	1
2023	2	0	2
2024	2	1	3
2025	2	3	5

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

Pereira V, Fernandes J, Pinheiro RPS, Andrade N, Katsuyama E, Ezenna C, Krishna MM, Joseph M, Goldsweig AM, Gomes WF. Outcomes of Adding Computed Tomography Angiography for Pre-procedural Planning of Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2025 Dec 16; 28(1):1.

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Zammitti C, Megafu O, Lee S, Phan Q, Alavi K, Sturrock P, Maykel J, Aulet T. Multidisciplinary Preoperative Immunonutrition Initiative in Colon and Rectal Surgery. J Surg Res. 2025 12; 316:254-263.

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Wang KY, Xu K, Liu Y, Alshanniek S, Newmeyer N, Mesnik L, Prudhivi V, Chase T, Rangasamy V, Sison SM, Shi SM, Travison TG, Subramaniam B, Kim DH. Multi-Component Prehabilitation Program for Older Adults Undergoing Major Elective Surgery: A Pilot and Feasibility Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Nov; 73(11):3387-3395.

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Tang N, Zhang J, Liu X, Yao D, Zhang X, Ye P, Liu T, Liang J, Yang W, Armstrong E, Mitchell P, Ivers R, Wong RMY, Wang Y, Yang M, Tian M. Effects of pre-operative continuing oral anticoagulants or antiplatelets on health outcomes among older patients with hip fracture: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Osteoporos Int. 2025 Aug; 36(8):1347-1357.

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Zorrilla-Vaca A, Grant MC, Mendez-Pino L, Rehman MJ, Sarin P, Nasra S, Varelmann D. Preoperative Multivariable Model for Risk Stratification of Hypoxemia During One-Lung Ventilation. Anesth Analg. 2025 May 01; 140(5):1029-1036.

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Bono BC, Grimi A, Di Toro AE, Ninatti G, Franzini A, Rossini Z, Tropeano MP, Navarria P, Bellu L, Simonelli M, Dipasquale A, Savini G, Levi R, Politi LS, Pessina F, Riva M. Preoperative Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Neurite Dispersion and Density Imaging in Isocitrate Dehydrogenase-Mutant Grade 2 and 3 Gliomas: Definition of Tumor-Related Epilepsy and Predictive Factors of Seizure Outcomes Based on a Single-Center Retrospective Case Series. Neurosurgery. 2025 Jan 29; 97(2):361-373.

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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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Pramod N, Henry F, Ramanujan S, Jevnikar W, Bena J, Schwartz R, Jeffery J, Sorkhi S, Sauer R, McNall S, Freeman S, Wymer K, Mandeville J, Civellaro S, Humphreys M, Bhojani N, De S. High-Risk Patients Undergoing Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate Have Fewer Infections with a Longer Course of Preoperative Antibiotics. J Endourol. 2024 Jun; 38(6):598-604.

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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 11; 38(14):3209-3215.

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