In a practice-changing guideline reversal, medical societies advised on Tuesday that most patients do not need to stop taking ...

Avoid consuming alcohol at least one or two days before surgery (although abstaining a week beforehand is ideal). If you are undergoing general anesthesia, refrain from eating starting at midnight the ...

A new guideline advises most patients to continue GLP-1 drugs before surgery. The FDA warns against California-made ...

While you will want to check-in with your surgeon first, patients are often instructed not to eat or drink anything after midnight on the eve of their surgery. In addition, you may be restricted to a ...

Just before surgery, you will be connected to monitors ... Visiting hours are 24/7, and reclining chairs are available for visitors who wish to stay overnight. You’ll begin a clear liquid diet and ...

But patients taking GLP-1 drugs did have a greater likelihood of retained gastric contents and of aborted upper endoscopies, ...

most patients are directed to fast for at least eight hours before surgery. This is generally accomplished by not eating after midnight. It is also recommended that only clear liquids may be ...

most patients are directed to fast for at least eight hours before surgery. This is generally accomplished by not eating after midnight. It is also recommended that only clear liquids may be ...

"The American Society of Anesthesiology says you can have clear liquids before your surgery. If you really push that, they really don't need fluids during surgery because the vascular volume ...

Doctors at the Mayo Clinic have pioneered a new approach to treat stubborn heart infections without the need for surgery ... death than those who did not clear the infection.