{"id":1708,"date":"2022-11-22T19:27:49","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T00:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/negaent.fm1.dev\/?page_id=1708"},"modified":"2022-11-22T19:27:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T00:27:50","slug":"pre-op","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/negaent.com\/pre-op\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Operative Care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul>\n<li>Call your doctor if you develop any signs or symptoms of illness before your scheduled procedure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DO NOT<\/strong>&nbsp;smoke, drink alcohol or use tobacco products after midnight the night before the procedure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>AVOID&nbsp;<\/strong>Aspirin and other NSAIDS (Ibuprofen, Motrin, Advil, Aleve, Goody\u2019s powder) for 7-10 days prior to surgery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tell your doctor if you are on any blood thinners, such as Plavix, Coumadin, Vitamin E or Fish Oil.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eat a good dinner and stay well hydrated the night before the procedure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DO NOT<\/strong>&nbsp;eat or drink anything after midnight the night before the procedure unless instructed to do so by your pre-op nurse.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take your morning medication with a sip of clear liquid the morning of the procedure&nbsp;<strong>ONLY<\/strong>&nbsp;if directed to do so by your pre-op nurse.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arrange to have an adult drive you home and remain with you 24 hours AFTER the procedure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You may take a bath\/shower and brush your teeth the morning of the procedure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shave or trim facial hair if it will be in or close to the surgical site.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove contact lens, nail polish, makeup and metal hair pieces before arrival for the procedure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You may wear prescription glasses or bring reading glasses if necessary.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DO NOT<\/strong>&nbsp;bring any jewelry or valuables with you to the facility.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DO NOT<\/strong>&nbsp;bring children\/siblings ages 12 and under to the facility on the day of the procedure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Failure to follow these instructions or late arrival for your appointment may result in delay or cancellation of the procedure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Should an emergency case arise, your procedure may be delayed.\u00a0\u00a0We appreciate your patience in the event that this should occur.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><div class=\"content-cta\">\r\n<p>\r\nCall Northeast Georgia ENT at <a href=\"tel:+17705364352\" class=\"phone \"><span class=\"phone-number\">(770) 536-4352<\/span><\/a> for more information or to schedule an appointment.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Pre-Operative Care | Northeast Georgia ENT","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","locid":"","rating":"","footnotes":""},"service_tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/negaent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/negaent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/negaent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/negaent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/negaent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/negaent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/negaent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/negaent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service_tags?post=1708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}