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New Cough & Cold Line

Due to the increase in respiratory illness in our community -- flu, RSV and COVID-19 -- ChristianaCare has set up a new COUGH & COLD LINE to help you out! If you are 18 and older and don’t feel well, CALL 302-623-7400, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Through a series of prompts, the ChristianaCare COUGH & COLD LINE will provide helpful info on how best to manage your cold, flu and COVID-19 symptoms at home. We’ll also guide you on when you should seek care.

Through the ChristianaCare COUGH & COLD LINE, we can help connect you with a ChristianaCare virtual primary care provider.

If your need is more urgent, there are 16 ChristianaCare Go-Health Urgent Care Centers in DE and MD. Save your spot in line or set up a virtual visit.

Surgical Care

Center for Surgical Optimization (CSO)

Information needed for a safe and successful surgery.

Preparation Planning Your Care What to Expect Program Benefits Patient Resources Contact Us

Surgery Preparation

ChristianaCare’s new Center for Surgical Optimization helps to make sure everyone involved in your care has all of the information needed for a safe and successful surgery. This includes your surgeon, your specialists, your primary care physician, and the doctors, nurses and staff who will care for you while you are in the hospital.

Planning your Care

If your surgeon sends a referral to the CSO office, you will receive a phone call from a Christiana Care scheduler. They will make you an in-person visit with one of our preoperative specialists in the Surgical Optimization office and a phone interview with a Perioperative Evaluation and Preparation (PEP) nurses. The PEP interview will be scheduled before your CSO appointment to gather medical information to prepare you for your visit. For your convenience, you can choose to have your in-person visit at Wilmington Hospital or Christiana Hospital in Medical Arts Pavilion (MAP) 1.

What to Expect

During your visit you will meet our nurse practitioner or hospitalist to complete the following:

Physical exam.
Comprehensive review of your past and current medical history, past surgeries and current medications.
Assessment of your heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, diabetes, and anemia risks.
Instructions for the day of surgery.
Educational materials to help guide your care:
- What to expect before your surgery.
- What you will need to do once you return home to reduce your risk of complications as well as to recognize and get help for complications.

Your 45-minute appointment may be held in-person. A support person is welcome to join in-person phone or video appointments.

Lab testing and an EKG can be completed during your appointment. Please bring any lab prescription give to you be your surgeon or any additional lab prescriptions you may have ordered. Based on your physical exam, you may be asked to complete more testing or be sent for an additional clearance by a specialist.

Your Center for Surgical Optimization team will share information from your appointment with your primary care physician, specialists and surgeon to ensure you are ready for surgery and to equip them with all of the information they need to provide the best possible care.

Program Benefits

Our program helps to better prepare you for surgery and reduce the chance of your surgery being cancelled. We review all of your medical information to put together the entire clinical picture.

Patient Resources

The ChristianaCare Center for Surgical Optimization team looks forward to preparing you for a safe, successful surgery and a quick, complication-free recovery. Contact us for additional information.