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If your child is scheduled for day surgery, he or she will not need to stay in the hospital overnight and will be able to go home the same day.
- A nurse will call you the day before surgery to obtain a health history and to answer your questions.
- On the day of surgery, you must arrive at the hospital at least 90 minutes before the scheduled surgery time.
- Your child may need to stay overnight in the Recovery Room (Post-Anesthetic Care Unit or PACU) for observation, but this is not considered an inpatient stay since he or she will be at the hospital for less than 24 hours.
More on Day Surgery...
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If your child will be admitted on the same day as a procedure,
- He or she will be scheduled for a Preoperative Clinic visit before the day of surgery. During the Pre-Op visit, you and your child will receive a pre-anesthetic evaluation and information about before and after the surgery.
- On the day of surgery, you will need to arrive at the Admitting Office 90 minutes before the scheduled surgery time.
If your child is staying overnight at the hospital before surgery,
- An Admitting Office staff member will call you to arrange an arrival time.
- When you arrive at Children's, you will need to register in the Admitting Office.
- A staff member there will direct you to the correct inpatient unit.
- While in the hospital, you and your child will be told about the surgery and given an anesthesiology consultation.
More on Inpatient Surgery and our Pre-Operative Clinic...
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