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Postanesthesia Nursing MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Postanesthesia Nursing
Tree Number(s)
H02.478.676.650.650
N02.421.533.710.650
Unique ID
D016528
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016528
Scope Note
The specialty or practice of nursing in the care of patients in the recovery room following surgery and/or anesthesia.
Entry Version
POSTANESTHESIA NURS
Entry Term(s)
Nursing, Post-Anesthesia
Nursing, Post-Surgical
Nursing, Postanesthesia
Nursing, Recovery Room
Post-Anesthesia Nursing
Post-Surgical Nursing
Recovery Room Nursing
NLM Classification #
WY 161
Previous Indexing
Recovery Room (1975-1991)
Surgical Nursing (1975-1991)
Public MeSH Note
93; was POST-ANESTHESIA NURSING 1992
Online Note
use POSTANESTHESIA NURSING to search POST-ANESTHESIA NURSING 1992
History Note
93; was POST-ANESTHESIA NURSING 1992
Date Established
1992/01/01
Date of Entry
1991/02/11
Revision Date
2015/06/29
Postanesthesia Nursing Preferred
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