PLEASE REMEMBER:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nChildren less than 6 months of age:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n- NO infant formula for up to 6 hours before surgery.<\/li>
- NO breast milk for up to 4 hours before surgery.<\/li>
- Only clear liquids up to 3 hours before surgery.<\/li>
- Nothing by mouth for the 3 hour period immediately before surgery.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Children 6 months to 2 years of age:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n- NO solid food and\/or nonclear\/full liquids up to eight (8) hours before surgery.<\/li>
- NO infant formula for up to eight (8) hours before surgery.<\/li>
- NO breast milk for up to six (6) hours before surgery.<\/li>
- Only clear liquids up to three (3) hours before surgery.<\/li>
- Nothing by mouth for the three (3) hour period before surgery.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Children older than 2 years of age through adult:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n- NO solid food and\/or nonclear\/full liquids up to eight (8) hours before surgery.<\/li>
- Only clear liquids up to three (3) hours before surgery.<\/li>
- Nothing by mouth for the three (3) hour period immediately before surgery.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
EXAMPLES:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nSolid foods and Nonclear\/ Full Liquids =<\/strong> foods, milk, formula, breast milk, juice, nectar, vegetable juice, jello, gum, candy, mints<\/p>\n\n\n\nClear liquids =<\/strong> clear apple juice, sugar water, water, 7-Up, pedialyte, balanced salt solution (Gatorade type solution).<\/p>\n\n\n\nUNDIGESTED FOOD\/ DRINK COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS AND MAY REQUIRE RESCHEDULING OF YOUR SURGERY<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Outpatient surgery is performed at four locations: Scripps Ambulatory Surgery Center, Ximed Building9850 Genesee AvenueSuite 100La Jolla, CA 92037(858) 626-4228 Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla9888 Genesee AvenueLa Jolla, CA 92037(858) 626-4123 United Surgery Center477 El Camino RealSuite A210Encinitas, CA 92024 University Ambulatory Surgery Center8929 University Center LaneSan Diego, CA 92122(858) 554-0220 Instructions Before Your Surgery…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":113,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","footnotes":""},"service_tags":[],"class_list":["post-392","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/392\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service_tags?post=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}