Patient Preparation for Vascular Surgery

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• • Preparing for Your Surgery Please follow the 3 steps below to prepare for your surgery.

    Cognitive Prehabilitation (Memory Exercises) Close This Section Perform this cognitive training exercise for seven days, with sessions lasting approximately 10 minutes per day. Lung Prehabilitation (Lung Exercises) Close This Section Please use the spirometer provided to you by inhaling as slowly and deeply as possible in a set of 5 breaths. Repeat the process at least 5 times per day for 5 days until the day of surgery. (5 breaths x 5 times x 5 day) Immunonutrition Prehabilitation (Improve Nutritional Status) Close This Section Week before the surgery Please drink one bottle of Ensure Surgery Immunonutrition Shake per day for 5 days prior to the surgery. Evening before the surgery Please drink two bottles of Ensure Pre-Surgery you were provided. After midnight You may drink clear liquids up until 2 hours before your arrival time to the hospital. Morning of surgery Please drink the remaining one bottle of Ensure Pre-Surgery two hours or more before your arrival.