1) Please be sure to follow the preadmission testing guidelines that you receive at your physician’s office. You will be contacted by a nurse from our center, and/or may be asked to come into the center for a preoperative anesthesia assessment.

PATIENT PRE-OP INSTRUCTIONS
AND EATING INSTRUCTIONS

2) You should have nothing to eat after 12:00 Midnight. You may drink clear liquids up until two hours before surgery (water, apple juice, clear soda, black coffee or tea - no milk or sugar). You should not chew gum or eat candy. Breast milk may be consumed up until four hours before surgery. Infant formula may be consumed up until six hours before surgery.

MEDICATION INSTRUCTIONS

3) Do not take oral hypoglycemics & diuretics the morning of surgery.

4) All other blood pressure, cardiac, and respiratory medications should be taken per your normal routine the morning of surgery with a sip of water.

5) Discontinue ingesting all herbal products two weeks prior to your surgery.

6) Call your family physician regarding instructions for insulin or anticoagulant therapy.