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Heart Surgery Patient's Handbook

This is a small information booklet that will guide you through your stay with us. We hope that information provided here will answer some of your queries.

Admission

After registering at the admission office of the hospital you will be admitted one or two days prior to your operation to the room you have opted for. Usually, a patient is admitted to the hospital with enough time before the operation date to allow diagnostic tests to be done. These routinely include blood and urine tests, electrocardiogram (ECG), chest x-ray and so on. Cardiac catheterisation with coronary angiogram if required may be done during pre-operative hospital stay unless it has been done before.

A nurse will escort you to your room and will take and record your temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, height and weight. Blood and urine samples may also be obtained. The surgical staff will visit to examine you, discuss the details of the operation and answer questions. The nursing staff will also evaluate your needs, make you as comfortable as possible, provide information and answer questions. In addition, the anaesthesiologist will evaluate you and discuss plans for the care of vital body functions during the operation. Other members of the technical staff may come to draw blood, insert intravenous catheters, instruct you about how to breath and care for your lungs after the operation.

You will also be told when the operation will occur. Heart operations are usually scheduled in advance and begin on time. Occasionally an operation may be delayed because other patients have emergency needs. If this happens, your operation will be rescheduled as soon as possible. At times the initial examination and the investigations reveal the need for revised preoperative medications and therapies. In such situations, surgery may have to be postponed for a day or two.

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