SELECT 
  product_descriptions.product_id, 
  product_descriptions.short_description, 
  IF(
    product_descriptions.short_description = '' 
    OR product_descriptions.short_description IS NULL, 
    product_descriptions.full_description, 
    ''
  ) AS full_description 
FROM 
  product_descriptions 
WHERE 
  product_descriptions.product_id IN (
    472893, 472898, 472906, 472913, 472914, 
    472916, 473627, 473635, 473665, 473676, 
    474201, 474205, 474238, 474952, 474973, 
    474981, 474986, 474988, 474998, 475004, 
    475505, 475514, 475526, 475544
  ) 
  AND product_descriptions.lang_code = 'en'

Query time 0.00098

JSON explain

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    "select_id": 1,
    "cost_info": {
      "query_cost": "20.16"
    },
    "table": {
      "table_name": "product_descriptions",
      "access_type": "range",
      "possible_keys": [
        "PRIMARY",
        "product_id"
      ],
      "key": "PRIMARY",
      "used_key_parts": [
        "product_id",
        "lang_code"
      ],
      "key_length": "11",
      "rows_examined_per_scan": 24,
      "rows_produced_per_join": 24,
      "filtered": "100.00",
      "cost_info": {
        "read_cost": "17.76",
        "eval_cost": "2.40",
        "prefix_cost": "20.16",
        "data_read_per_join": "122K"
      },
      "used_columns": [
        "product_id",
        "lang_code",
        "short_description",
        "full_description"
      ],
      "attached_condition": "((`goimagine`.`product_descriptions`.`product_id` in (472893,472898,472906,472913,472914,472916,473627,473635,473665,473676,474201,474205,474238,474952,474973,474981,474986,474988,474998,475004,475505,475514,475526,475544)) and (`goimagine`.`product_descriptions`.`lang_code` = 'en'))"
    }
  }
}