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																		 Premedication
 
																		 
																		
																	 
																		 
																		
																	 
																			
																					
	"Premedication" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
	MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, 
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				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 ID | D011292 |  
						| MeSH Number(s) | E02.319.703 |  
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				This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Premedication" by people in this website by year, and whether "Premedication" was a major or minor topic of these publications.  
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		            | Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total | 
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 | 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |  | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 2008 | 0 | 3 | 3 |  | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |  | 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
 
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "Premedication" by people in Profiles. 		
					
								
								Murphy LA, Bradley ZK, Elozory AN, Gao D, Faulk KE. Universal Premedication Does Not Impact Transition to Short-acting Asparaginase or Incidence of Hypersensitivity to Pegylated Asparaginase: A Single-institution Experience. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2025 Jul 01; 47(5):e181-e186.
								Shay R, Weikel BW, Mascorro M, Harding E, Beard L, Grover T, Barry JS. Continuous improvement of non-emergent neonatal intubations in a level IV NICU. J Perinatol. 2025 Apr; 45(4):545-551.
								Neches SK, DeMartino C, Shay R. Pharmacologic Adjuncts for Neonatal Tracheal Intubation: The Evidence Behind Premedication. Neoreviews. 2023 Dec 01; 24(12):e783-e796.
								Shay R, Weikel BW, Grover T, Barry JS. Standardizing premedication for non-emergent neonatal tracheal intubations improves compliance and patient outcomes. J Perinatol. 2022 Jan; 42(1):132-138.
								Maher KN, Gibson E, Warren BB, Funk SM, Shearer R, Buckner TW, Wang M, Manco-Johnson MJ, Ng CJ. Prophylaxis for children with moderate hemophilia: Use of a guideline to increase early initiation. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 01; 68(1):e28577.
								Umoren RA, Sawyer TL, Ades A, DeMeo S, Foglia EE, Glass K, Gray MM, Barry J, Johnston L, Jung P, Kim JH, Krick J, Moussa A, Mulvey C, Nadkarni V, Napolitano N, Quek BH, Singh N, Zenge JP, Shults J, Nishisaki A. Team Stress and Adverse Events during Neonatal Tracheal Intubations: A Report from NEAR4NEOS. Am J Perinatol. 2020 12; 37(14):1417-1424.
								Rehm SRT, Smirnova NF, Morrone C, G?tzfried J, Feuchtinger A, Pedersen J, Korkmaz B, Yildirim A?, Jenne DE. Premedication with a cathepsin C inhibitor alleviates early primary graft dysfunction in mouse recipients after lung transplantation. Sci Rep. 2019 07 09; 9(1):9925.
								Bejanyan N, Rogosheske J, DeFor TE, Lazaryan A, Arora M, Holtan SG, Jacobson PA, MacMillan ML, Verneris MR, Blazar BR, Weisdorf DJ, Wagner JE, Brunstein CG. Sirolimus and Mycophenolate Mofetil as Calcineurin Inhibitor-Free Graft-versus-Host Disease Prophylaxis for Reduced-Intensity Conditioning Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2016 11; 22(11):2025-2030.
								Obut F, Kasinath V, Abdi R. Post-bone marrow transplant thrombotic microangiopathy. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2016 Jul; 51(7):891-7.
								Saveli CC, Morgan SJ, Belknap RW, Ross E, Stahel PF, Chaus GW, Hak DJ, Biffl WL, Knepper B, Price CS. Prophylactic antibiotics in open fractures: a pilot randomized clinical safety study. J Orthop Trauma. 2013 Oct; 27(10):552-7. | 
																	
																		
																			
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