Postoperative Care

"Postoperative 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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The period of care beginning when the patient is removed from surgery and aimed at meeting the patient's psychological and physical needs directly after surgery. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)

Descriptor ID	D011182
MeSH Number(s)	E02.760.731.700 E04.604.500 N02.421.585.722.700
Concept/Terms	Postoperative Care Postoperative Care Care, Postoperative Postoperative Procedures Postoperative Procedures Postoperative Procedure Procedure, Postoperative Procedures, Postoperative

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Postoperative Care".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Patient Care [E02.760]
Perioperative Care [E02.760.731]
Postoperative Care [E02.760.731.700]
Surgical Procedures, Operative [E04]
Perioperative Care [E04.604]
Postoperative Care [E04.604.500]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Services [N02.421]
Patient Care [N02.421.585]
Perioperative Care [N02.421.585.722]
Postoperative Care [N02.421.585.722.700]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Postoperative Care".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Postoperative Care".

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