This handout for parents gives information, side effects, and a dosage chart for the antihistamine diphenhydramine HCl (Benadryl). This type of medicine prevents allergy symptoms such as sneezing, runny nose, itching, watery eyes, and rashes or hives.
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This handout describes diphtheria and its symptoms. It also explains how this disease can be spread and offers steps to prevent others from getting it.
This handout is for women who are planning to have insemination with sperm from a donor they know. It lists the tasks that need to be done before the insemination and when they should be done.
This handout gives driving directions to University of Washington Medical Center - Montlake campus, parking information, and directions to the Maternity and Infant Care Clinic and Labor & Delivery.
This handout for kidney/pancreas transplant patients provides a checklist of the items to consider when planning for discharge, and signs and symptoms that will require a call to the transplant coordinator. This document is also a chapter in "Your Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Guide," which is available from Materials Management #171915.
This handout is a checklist to help heart patients prepare for dischage from the hospital.
This tool helps parents of preterm infants keep track of everything they need to do before they can take their baby home from the hospital. It covers topics such as safe feeding, finding a primary care provider, immunizations, safe travel, and more. It includes plenty of space for parents to write in their own baby's specific needs.
This handout is for patients who are being discharged from the Hematology/Oncology unit at University of Washington Medical Center. It has important numbers to call for questions, appointments, and urgent needs. It includes a short list of self-care items for keeping healthy at home.
This handout gives instructions to follow at home after having weight loss surgery. Included are basic nutritional guidelines, physical therapy needs, follow-up clinic visits, and when to call the doctor or nurse.
This handout gives self-care instructions to follow after vaginal surgery (page 1) or abdominal surgery (page 2).
This handout is a chapter from the Spine Care Companion for patients with ongoing neck or back pain. It includes information about preparing for discharge, including how to prepare and what to expect from the hospital to home.
This handout is a chapter from the Spine Care Companion and is given to patients before surgery. It lists questions you will be asked at your clinic visit before your procedure. This information will help your doctors create a safe discharge plan for you. It may also help prevent a delay or cancellation of your surgery.
This handout is given to patients before surgery. It lists questions you will be asked at your clinic visit before your procedure. This information will help your doctors create a safe discharge plan for you. It may also help prevent a delay or cancellation of your surgery.
This CareMap gives timelines for the steps patients most often follow when having distal pancreatectomy surgery, with or without spleen removal. The CareMap starts before surgery with instructions on how to prepare, and finishes with instructions to follow after discharge from the hospital. It includes activity and self-care guidelines, dietary restrictions, medicines and treatments, and other important steps in recovery and follow-up.
This booklet explains the dobutamine stress echocardiogram ultrasound exam of the heart. It covers how to get to the hospital, how to prepare, what happens during the exam, key instructions and answers common questions.
This handout is Section 8 of the manual "Breastfeeding Your Preterm Baby." It gives information about Domperidone (Motilium), a prescription drug that increases prolactin, the hormone responsible for milk production. Dosage and possible side effects are included.
This handout is for women who plan to become pregnant using frozen eggs. It lists the tasks that must be done before undergoing a treatment cycle.
This handout explains the donor human milk program, why some mothers use donor human milk, safety concerns and risks, and where to learn more. It includes contact information for Lactation Services at UWMC - Northwest campus.
This handout explains the donor human milk program, why some mothers use donor human milk, safety concerns and risks, and where to learn more. It includes contact information for Lactation Services at two UW Medicine facilities: University of Washington Medical Center and Valley Medical Center.
This handout gives the names and contact information for sperm banks that University Reproductive Care and the Male Fertility Lab at University of Washington Medical Center have worked with in the past.
This handout gives exercises using a dowel to help increase range of motion and strength. Doing these exercises makes it easier to do daily activities and helps prevent more injuries to the upper body.
This brochure describes services offered by the Down Syndrome Specialty Clinic, part of the Center on Human Development and Disability at University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. It includes what to expect at a clinic visit.
This booklet gives guidelines and recipes for a nutritious, varied diet for patients who have their jaw wired together (intermaxillary fixation).
This handout gives driving directions, area maps, and parking information for University of Washington Medical Center - Montake campus, UWMC Surgery Pavilion, and UWMC - Roosevelt Clinics.
This handout explains a DTPA GFR study, which is done to diagnose kidney problems. It includes how to prepare for the study, how it works, and how to get your results.