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Explain the purpose of administering preoperative medication.
*Provide analgesia
*Prevent nausea and vomiting
*Promote sedation and amnesia
*Decrease anesthetic requirements
*Facilitate induction of anesthesia
* Relieve apprehension and anxiety
*Prevent autonomic reflex response
*Decrease respiratory and gastrointestinal secretions
Lewis pg 372