Pre-operative Assessment
Helping you prepare for surgery
The Central Health Pre-Operative Assessment will help you prepare for any upcoming surgery you might have. Our team will check your health and coordinate your care. This helps us ensure your surgery or procedure happens on time and that you get the treatment you need without waiting too long.
Services we provide
Don’t worry about what happens before your surgery or procedure. If you have chronic health conditions or issues that may affect your ability to undergo anesthesia safely, ask your doctor about our Pre-Operative Assessment and let us help you prepare with the following:
- Prescribed medications: We’ll review your medications and tell you which ones to take before your surgery or procedure.
- Medical conditions: We’ll discuss your past medical conditions.
- Labs: We may do some tests to check your blood, urine, and other things in your body.
- Testing: We can check things like your blood sugar right in the office, as well as perform electrocardiograms (EKGs), which play a crucial role in evaluating cardiovascular health and identifying any potential risks or abnormalities that could affect a person’s ability to undergo surgery safely.
- Common procedures: Sometimes we need more tests like heart checks or X-rays. If there are procedures you need to get done outside our clinic, we can help you schedule these.
- Referrals: Sometimes we need more information about your health conditions and may send you to a specialist for further evaluation.
Central Health aims to address the growing need for pre-operative assessments in our community. By enhancing patient care with new and existing specialty service lines, we aim to reduce the challenges MAP and MAP Basic patients face in preparing for surgery.
Get the support you need to manage your care
Talk to your care team if you want to learn more and get a referral to our pre-operative assessment service.
Your care team
Dr. MiLinda Zabramba
Central Health, Travis County’s Hospital District, provides these specialty care services to members of the Medical Access Program (MAP) and MAP Basic after referral from a primary care provider.
If you are not a MAP member and want to apply or to or learn more about the program, click here or call 512.978.8130.