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Pre-operative Guidelines For Patients Who Will Be Receiving
I.V. Sedation
For your comfort, your surgery will be performed utilizing a combination
of local anesthetics and intravenously administered conscious sedation.
For your safely, it is necessary that you follow the instructions below.
1. Take your usual prescribed medications as well as those which have
been prescribed for you in preparation for your surgery. Do not take
any aspirin or aspirin-containing medications for at least five days
prior to your surgery date.
2. Advise us of any medications you are taking,
even over-the-counter drugs. Please do not take any medicines without
the doctor’s knowledge
and approval.
3. Please do not have anything to eat for at least 6 hours
prior to your appointment. It is O.K. to have small amounts of clear
liquids, but refrain
from coffee or tea.
4. Do not drink any alcoholic beverages the day
of your appointment. The evening before, do not have more than 1 or
2 glasses of wine or
beer, or more than 1 highball or cocktail.
5. Wear loose, comfortable
clothing with sleeves that can easily be drawn up above your elbow.
Do not wear heavy makeup or false eyelashes,
and
if you wear nail polish or acrylic artificial nails, please remove
the nail polish and artificial nails from at least two fingers
on your
right
hand. If you wear contact lenses, please be prepared to remove
and store them when you arrive at our office or wear prescription glasses
in place
of them the day of your appointment. Do not wear your contact lenses
for the remainder of the day of your sedation.
6. Please arrive
promptly for your appointment. Late arrival may necessitate rescheduling
of your surgery. Allow for the usual heavy
traffic in
planning your departure from home or work so that you can arrive
on time. If you
are early, the staff will welcome the opportunity to help you
relax before your surgery.
7. You must be accompanied home by an adult
who will drive, and arrange for responsible supervision for the remainder
of the
day. We are
sorry, but we cannot allow you to take a public conveyance
or drive yourself
home.
8. If any disturbances or problems should develop after
you leave our office, you should call our office (or emergency
number if
after normal
working hours) immediately. Parents or guardians of young
patients should observe the child continuously upon returning home and
call us immediately
if disturbances or problems should develop.
9. Full mental
alertness will not return for several hours after your sedation. Therefore,
for the remainder of the
day you should
limit
activity requiring full concentration power. You will not
be able to safely or
prudently: (a) drive an automobile or operate machinery,
(b) undertake business or financial matters or (c) drink
alcoholic
beverages
the day of your sedation. Remaining sedentary as well as
the use of a
small ice
pack on your face can significantly enhance your comfort.
Heavy physical activity shortly after your surgery can
cause complications
and pain.
10. Please notify us if you develop a cold, sore
throat, cough, stuffy nose or fever or any other illness during
the days prior
to your
surgical appointment. If rescheduling your appointment
becomes necessary, we
would like to have as much advance notice as possible.
Please do not wait until
the day before, or the day of your surgery to notify
us, thinking that you might get better. Our office commonly
starts preparing
items for
your surgery several days in advance, so the lead time
related to possible rescheduling can be important.
If you have any questions after reading these guidelines, please do
not hesitate to call us for clarification at 972-333-6374.
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