PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION:
YOU WILL BE HAVING YOUR PROCEDURE AT AN OUTPATIENT SURGERY CENTER.
THIS MEANS THAT WE ARE NOT A 24 HR FACILITY, THUS, WE MUST SELECT WHICH
PATIENTS CAN UNDERGO A PROCEDURE AT OUR CENTER.
PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS HONESTLY:
DO YOU HAVE OR HAVE YOU EVER HAD ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS:
ACUTE MIOCARDIAL INFARCTION "HEART ATTACK"
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
CARDIAC RYTHM PROBLEMS OR BLOCKAGES?
HEART VALVE DISEASE?ANGINA OR CHEST PAIN
DIABETES MELLITUS
RENAL INSUFFICIENCYARE YOU AGE 80 OR MORE?
ABNORMAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAM OR EKG
DO YOU GET TIRED EASILY? (INABILITY TO CLIMB > 1 FLIGHT WITH BAG OF GROCERIES)
HISTORY OF STROKE
UNCONTROLLED HTNHEART SURGERY
HEART CATHETER
STENTS, ANGIOPLASTY
ARE YOU MORBIDLY OBESE?
DO YOU HAVE SLEEP APNEA?
DO YOU SNORE AT NIGHT, WAKE UP FREQUENTLY AND ARE TIRED ALL DAY?
IF YOU ANSWERED YES TO ANY OF THE ABOVE,
AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST SHOULD EVALUATE YOU PRIOR TO YOUR PROCEDURE,
IF NOT, YOU MAY RISK A LAST MINUTE CANCELLATION!
PLEASE CALL 305-792.0323 TO SCHEDULE YOUR
PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION BY AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST.
MON - FRI 7 AM TO 12 NOON AND
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY 12 NOON TO 3 PM.
THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM YOUR MEDICAL CLEARANCE.
YOU WILL NOT BE CHARGED FOR THIS SERVICE!
ADDITIONALLY, WE NEED TO KNOW THE FOLLOWING:
YOUR AGE, WEIGHT AND HEIGHT
ALLERGY TO ANY MEDICATION, FOOD OR SUBSTANCE
WHAT MEDICATIONS DO YOU TAKE, DOSE AND FREQUENCY
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT YOU TOOK A BLOOD THINNER?
ASPIRIN
COUMADIN
PLAVIX OR OTHER
WHAT OPERATIONS HAVE YOU HAD IN THE PAST?
WERE THERE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING THE OPERATION?
ARE YOU OR ANY FAMILY MEMBER ALLERGIC TO THE ANESTHESIA?
DO YOU KNOW ANYONE WITH MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA?
HAVE YOU EVER HAD A BLOOD CLOT?
ARE YOU ABLE TO WALK?
DO YOU HAVE ANY DISABILITIES?
MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T EAT OR DRINK AFTER MIDNIGHT THE NIGHT BEFORE SURGERY!
TAKE ONLY THE MEDICATIONS THAT THE ANESTHESIOLOGIST OR NURSE INSTRUCTED YOU TO TAKE!
TAKE ONLY A SIP OF WATER WITH YOUR MEDICATIONS.