What is Postoperative Insulin Resistance and How it Affects Your Surgery Safety If you’re getting ready to go under the knife, you might find yourself privy to a number of medical terms that you [...]
Starvation Before Surgery: How Fasting-From-Midnight Can Slow Your Recovery At ClearFast, we’re all about empowering patients with the knowledge they need to have the best surgery experience possible—and, if you’ve been following along on our [...]
The Most Important Questions to Ask Before a Colonoscopy: 5 Things to Go Over with Your Doctor When it comes to colonoscopies, we all have the same goal: to get in and out in as [...]
Pro Tips for Getting Through Colonoscopy Prep: Minimizing Discomfort in the Dreaded Prep Process Though there are approximately 15 million colonoscopies performed in the U.S. each year (whoa!), getting through colonoscopy prep isn’t exactly a [...]
The Answer is Clear: Addressing Misconceptions Around Presurgery Drinks For decades, patients have been told to fast before surgery. So, when people first hear about presurgery drinks, it’s natural for them to say “Hey, wait—you’re [...]
10 Mistakes You’re Making When Preparing for Surgery When it comes to preparing for surgery, there’s so much to consider. From transportation plans to remembering to pick-up those all-important prescriptions, there are countless different tasks [...]
Sick After Anesthesia? Here’s How to Reduce Post-Op Nausea & Vomiting If you’re someone who gets sick after anesthesia, you know just how frustrating it can be to wake up from surgery nauseous and vomiting—especially when [...]
Preparing Your Patients for Surgery with the ClearFast Enhanced Recovery Drink: Your Top 5 Questions Answered With traditional NPO on its way out and pre-surgery carbohydrate loading taking its place, we’re now on the forefront [...]
Stop Fasting Before Surgery: The Surgery-Smart Shift Taking Place Across the Medical Field We get this question all of the time: Should I fast before surgery? You’d probably be surprised to learn that doctors are [...]
