What if an operation?

You have to surgery? Here's what you need to do in the preoperative period, if the surgery soon, and what not to do.

1. Learn all the details of the operation. The Council is quite banal, but almost 40% of surgical patients, according to statistics, are bad, what they are going to operate and why.

2. Learn about the options of anesthesia. The type of anesthesia depends on the type of the operations But you might want to meet with an anesthesiologist, and ask him what options you have to offer.

3. Do not be afraid to wake up.   Even if you have seen enough of Hollywood horror films, like the movie "Anaesthesia", then you would not be afraid to wake up after the general anesthesia   during operations . Although such cases are rare and unusual (in fact next to you all the time is an anesthesiologist, which monitors the depth of sleep), even if it happens, any pain you feel. Some of waking up at times feels some pressure.

4. Do not forget about the drug. Many patients, particularly the elderly, after operations   grows the risk of blood clots, which is fraught with the formation of a blood clot. If the hospital staff did not provide you anticoagulant drugs, then grab them with you, or ask relatives to buy them at the hospital. But they should be taken only after consultation with your doctor.

5. All the cards on the table!   Your doctor must have a clear picture of your health. Before surgery   Tell him everything: the sick in recent years, you have any chronic illnesses, allergies to medications, etc.

6. Will I have blood? Ask your doctor whether during operations   suddenly urgently need blood transfusions, and whether there is an adequate supply in the hospital. If you can, as before operations   there are not less than four weeks, you do hand over the blood and let it will reserve for emergencies.

7. Be sure to learn a second opinion.   Unfortunately, the number of medical errors, including the most unfortunate consequences, great. If you will be difficult operation Then learn about her opinion of another, independent physician. Do not be afraid to spend the time and money. Choose a doctor who specializes in treating your illness is.

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