Premedication
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Administration of high-dose interleukin-2 in a 2-year-old with metastatic melanoma.

13 Dec 2009 Malignant melanoma is rare in pediatrics, and therapies for patients with disseminated disease have not been well studied. This report describes our experience with the use of high-dose interleukin 2 (aldesleukin, IL-2) in a 2-year-old child with ... Read more...

Low-dose oral midazolam reduces fear and distress during needle procedures in children with cancer.

13 Dec 2009 BACKGROUND: Children with cancer often mention needle procedures as the most frightening, distressing, and sometimes painful aspect of the disease and treatment. The aim was to investigate whether children experience less fear, distress, and/or pain ... Read more...

Pretreatment with stress cortisol enhances the human systemic inflammatory response to bacterial endotoxin.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: There is continuing controversy regarding the effect of glucocorticoids on a systemic inflammatory process. Based ona model of glucocorticoid action that includes both pro- and anti-inflammatory effects, we used the human experimental ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Premedication'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Administration of high-dose interleukin-2 in a 2-year-old with metastatic melanoma. 13 Dec 2009
• Low-dose oral midazolam reduces fear and distress during needle procedures in children with cancer. 13 Dec 2009
• Pretreatment with stress cortisol enhances the human systemic inflammatory response to bacterial endotoxin. 29 Sep 2009
• [Special anaesthesiological requirements in bariatric surgery] 9 Sep 2009
• [Anaesthesia management of the obese patient] 9 Sep 2009
• [Obesity in pediatric anesthesia] 9 Sep 2009
• Cancer-associated thrombosis. 30 Aug 2009
• A logical approach to surgical thromboprophylaxis. 30 Aug 2009
• The place of premedication in pediatric practice. 30 Aug 2009
• Prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy: an overview. 30 Aug 2009
• A meta-analysis of controlled studies of preoperative statin therapy for prevention of postoperative mortality in cardiac surgery. 30 Aug 2009
• Acute profound thrombocytopenia after treatment with tirofiban and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: is there a paradox? 30 Aug 2009
• Pharmacologic modulation of alveolar liquid clearance in transplanted lungs by phentolamine and FK506. 30 Aug 2009
• A randomized trial evaluating amiodarone for prevention of atrial fibrillation after pulmonary resection. 30 Aug 2009
• Antithrombotic management of patients with prosthetic heart valves: current evidence and future trends. 13 Aug 2009
• Perioperative anticoagulation for patients with mechanic heart valve(s) undertaking pacemaker implantation. 4 Aug 2009
• Can gossypol be a hope for transsexual patients (male to female) before sex reassignment surgery? Just for adjusting the body to mind. Aug 2009
• Impact of preoperative nesiritide on renal function after mitral valve surgery. 30 Jul 2009
• [A case of advanced breast cancer with anaphylaxis-like reaction after intravenous administration of dexamethasone] 30 Jul 2009
• Donepezil improves episodic memory in young individuals vulnerable to the effects of sleep deprivation. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Premedication'

Definition: 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.

Descriptor UI: D011292

Alternative terms: Premedication; Premedications;

Related Mesh Headings: Preanesthetic Medication; Antibiotic Prophylaxis;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E02.319.703;

History Note: 73(69)

Technical Notes: coord IM with specific drug /ther use (IM); includes anti-anxiety medication; does not include antibiotic premedication ( = ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS)