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Your Hospital Care after Surgery
After your surgery, you will wake up in the Recovery Room. The nurse will check you often and give you...
Read MoreUsing a Medicine Spoon or Dropper
Use a medicine spoon or dropper that has markings on it to measure your child’s liquid medicine. The pharmacy may...
Read MoreSimple Appendectomy for a Child
Appendectomy is a surgery to remove the appendix. The appendix is a small pouch that comes off of the large...
Read MoreReceiving Blood Transfusions
Blood is made up of fluid called plasma that contains red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. Each part...
Read MoreRadiation Therapy
Radiation therapy is the use of radiation to treat cancer. This treatment is used to: Cure cancer by destroying cancer...
Read MorePreparing for Your Surgery
There are some things you will need to do to get ready for your surgery. Before Surgery Before surgery, you...
Read MorePeritoneal Dialysis
Peritoneal dialysis is a treatment used to clean the blood of extra fluid and waste that builds up in the...
Read MoreNitroglycerin
Nitroglycerin is a medicine used to treat chest pain called angina. Take nitroglycerin as directed by your doctor If you...
Read MoreNebulizer Treatments
Some medicines need to be given through a nebulizer treatment. Nebulizer treatments are also called breathing treatments, aerosol treatments or...
Read MoreMiralax and Dulcolax Bowel Prep
A bowel prep is done to clear the bowel or large intestines and rectum, of all solid matter before certain...
Read MoreLEEP (Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure)
Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure, or LEEP, is a procedure to remove tissue from the cervix that is not normal and...
Read MoreHysterectomy
A hysterectomy is a surgery to remove a woman’s uterus. The uterus is one of the organs of the female...
Read MoreHome Care after Total Joint Replacement
Follow these guidelines for care as your new joint heals over the next 6 to 8 weeks. Do not try...
Read MoreHemodialysis
When your kidneys do not work well, dialysis is needed to remove extra fluid and waste products from the body....
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