Required Disclosures & Consent
Required Disclosures
Medical doctors are licensed and regulated by the state medical board. To verify a license or file a complaint, contact your state medical board directly.
For informational purposes, the federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act requires that payments and other transfers of value worth over ten dollars ($10) from manufacturers of drugs, medical devices, and biologics to physicians and teaching hospitals be made available to the public through the CMS Open Payments database.
Pregnancy Statement
Anesthesia may be harmful to an unborn child (for example, it may contribute to birth defects or spontaneous abortion). You are responsible for informing the anesthesiologist of a confirmed pregnancy or the possibility of pregnancy. If pregnancy is a possibility, consider taking a pregnancy test before the procedure and share the results with the anesthesiologist.
Pre-Anesthesia Instructions
Eating and drinking: Do not eat or drink anything for 8 hours prior to the procedure. Water only may be taken up until 2 hours prior. Failure to follow this instruction may result in severe harm, including aspiration and possibly death.
Health and medications: Notify the anesthesiologist of any recent change in health, including cold or cough symptoms. Prescription medications may be taken with a small sip of water as scheduled until 60 minutes prior to the procedure, unless instructed otherwise.
Discharge escort: Every patient must be accompanied home by a responsible adult they know, who should ideally spend the rest of the day with them.
Post-Anesthesia Instructions
Pain: Acetaminophen and ibuprofen may be taken as needed if you are not allergic, though ibuprofen should wait 6 hours after anesthesia. Muscle aches and a sore throat may occur and typically resolve within 24 hours.
Diet: Limit oral intake to liquids for the first hour. Do not use a straw if teeth were extracted. Progress gradually from clear liquids to soft foods.
Activity: Rest with a responsible adult. Avoid driving, operating machinery, making significant decisions, or moderate-to-high physical activity while judgment and coordination are impaired.
Anesthesia Consent
Types of anesthesia: General anesthesia (unconsciousness, often with a breathing tube); regional anesthesia (loss of sensation in a specific area); and monitored anesthesia care, or "twilight" sedation, using agents to produce varying levels of sedation while the patient typically maintains their own breathing.
Pediatric patients: Anesthesia and monitoring may vary with the procedure, practitioner, and the patient's age and health. For the safety of the child, parents are not permitted to observe the anesthesia or dental treatment; the procedure will be cancelled if a parent refuses to leave after being asked.
Risks and alternatives: Risks include, but are not limited to, allergic reaction, infection, bleeding, nerve injury, dental or tissue damage, aspiration, breathing problems, urinary retention, agitation on waking, and in extremely rare cases major organ damage, coma, or death. Alternatives include proceeding without anesthesia, or postponing the procedure to a surgery center or hospital setting.
If the patient cannot consent, this signature should be the person responsible for making medical decisions for the patient. A copy of your responses is kept on file with Dharini Patel MD INC..