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Discharge Instructions
GO DIRECTLY HOME Now that your scope test is completed, you may return home. Since sedation was used, you should not stop at a restaurant. Go directly home. Do not drink any alcohol, drive a car, make any important business decisions, or operate any dangerous machinery for the remainder of the day. During the first 12 hours after the exam you may still experience some effects of the sedative. RESUME A NORMAL DIET You may resume a normal diet. But eat lightly at first - like a breakfast or lunch, then advance your diet as tolerated. MEDICATIONS You may resume your normal medications. If you are on insulin, resume your normal dose and eat promptly. PRECAUTIONS You might notice a mild redness or soreness at the site of your IV injection. Should this occur, apply warm compresses four times a day. Contact me if it does not improve. It is normal to experience a fullness or discomfort of mild ³gas pains² in your abdomen for several hours after this test. This feeling should subside as the gas is expelled. Aspirin can increase the risk of bleeding. If any polyps were removed during your examination, you should avoid all aspirin-containing products for one week afterward - unless directed otherwise by your doctor. Tylenol is safe. Although unusual, bleeding can occur up to two weeks after a polyp is removed. If possible, you should not plan to travel to any remote area without access to health care for two weeks after a polyp was removed. CALL IF THERE ARE ANY PROBLEMS Although there is some risk to any surgical procedure, the frequency of serious complications after this scope test is quite low. However, should you experience any severe persistent chest or abdominal pain, unexplained high fever, severe rectal bleeding, or black stools in the next two weeks, please contact me at my office (412) 262-1000 or go directly to Sewickley Hospital Emergency Department for evaluation. Ask them to call me. RESULTS If any tissue was retrieved for laboratory analysis, I will contact you when the results of the biopsy become available. Further tests and treatment, if necessary, will be discussed at that time.
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