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This handout explains the fine needle aspiration procedure and signs to watch for once at home.

This handout gives finger-bending exercises that will improve how fingers move and function.

This handout gives finger-straightening exercises that will improve how fingers move and function.

This handout for people with diabetes offers tips about planning your shopping trip and for making good choices at the store.

This handout explains a flow-diverting stent, which is placed in an artery to keep blood from entering an aneurysm. It includes how to prepare for the procedure, what to expect, and self-care at home.

This handout provides a table for patients to record fluid intake and urine passed. It includes brief instructions for how to use the diary, and reminds the patient to bring it to their next clinic visit.

This handout is for patients who have been placed on a fluid-restricted diet. It gives basic guidelines and a list of foods that should be counted as part of fluid intake. It includes a table to help with measuring fluids and tips to help with fluid control. This information is especially helpful for patients with heart conditions or heart failure.

This handout explains a fluoroscopy-guided steroid joint injection, which is done to help treat arthritis pain. It includes how to prepare, what to expect, what happens after the injection, and how long the pain relief should last.

This handout gives step-by-step instructions on how to use an indwelling urethral (Foley) catheter.

This section of the Guide to Your Weight Loss Surgery explains clinic visits, blood tests, wound care, and other physical and emotional concerns in the weeks after surgery.

This document is part of the "Rehab and Beyond" manual. It covers outpatient rehabilitation and healthcare, the outpatient care team, choosing a primary care provider, preventive screenings and tests, prescription refills, and solving problems after discharge.

This handout for UW Medical Center liver transplant patients explains why follow-up care after having a transplant is vital to the long-term survival of the new organ. It includes symptoms and reasons to call members of the transplant team, and phone numbers to use.

This 1-page handout provides information for people who had their pacemaker generator changed at the Heart Institute at UWMC. It includes important phone numbers, and blank spaces to fill in dates and times of follow-up appointments.

This handout provides a format for clinicians to fill in specific dates and times for follow-up appointments after having an ICD generator change at the Heart Institute at UW Medical Center.

This handout provides a format for clinicians to fill in specific dates and times for follow-up appointments after an atrial fibrillation ablation at the Heart Institute at UW Medical Center.

This handout provides a format for clinicians to fill in specific dates and times for follow-up appointments after having an atrial flutter ablation at the Heart Institute at UW Medical Center.

This 2-page handout provides information for people who had their pacemaker placed at the Heart Institute at UWMC. It includes important phone numbers, and blank spaces to fill in dates and times of follow-up appointments.

This 1-page handout provides information for people who had their subcutaneous implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) placed at the Heart Institute at UWMC. It includes important phone numbers, and blank spaces to fill in dates and times of follow-up visits.

This 1-page handout provides information for people who had their implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) placed at the Heart Institute at UWMC. It includes important phone numbers, and blank spaces to fill in dates and times of follow-up appointments.

This 1-page handout provides information for people who had their internal loop recorder (ILR) placed at the Heart Institute at UWMC. It includes important phone numbers, and blank spaces to fill in the date and time of the follow-up visit.

This handout briefly explains care after radiation treatment. Space is provided for instructions to be written in by the provider, as well as contact names and phone numbers for Radiation Oncology staff.

This handout explains your follow-up care after a transcathter left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) procedure using a Watchman implant.

This handout is a chapter in the Lung Transplant Recipient Handbook. It explains follow-up care and clinic visits after having lung transplant surgery.

This handout provides a list carbohydrates, proteins, fats and "free" foods to be used when counting carbohydrates ("carbs"). A table gives the carbohydrate grams found in various "carb choices." This information is used most often by patients living with diabetes.

This handout explains how to read "Nutrition Facts" food labels and how people with diabetes can use that information to make healthy food choices.