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This handout is a guide to Exercise Tolerance Tests, Treadmill Stress Echocardiograms, and Bicycle Stress Echocardiograms. This explains what exercise stress tests are and what to expect if you are having one.

This handout explains a test that will help your doctor assess your heart health. For this test, you will receive an injection, have pictures taken of your chest, and exercise on a treadmill. Radionuclide imaging is a way for us to see inside your heart. It is also called a radioisotope scan.

This handout gives instructions for neck, jaw, and face exercises for patients who have had radiation therapy to this area. The exercises are design to help keep normal movement in the neck and jaw, prevent contractures (shortening of the soft tissue or muscle), and keep fluid from gathering in the treatment area. This document is also a chapter in the manual "Your Guide to Head and Neck Radiation Therapy."

Explains and illustrates 6 exercises for care and strengthening of the knee after surgery. Includes illustrations.

This handout explains exercises to help strengthen a sprained ankle.

This handout explains knee osteoarthritis, and gives exercises to help improve movement and lessen pain in your knee.

This handout explains 4 exercises to help with knee pain.

This handout gives exercises you can do at home to help improve movement and ease pain in your back and hips.

This handout gives exercises to help improve movement and lessen pain in your neck.

This handout explains exercises to help heal plantar fasciitis.

This handout describes exercises to help reduce pain and strain in the shoulder.

This handout gives information to help prospective parents decide if they want to have a test to see if they are a carrier of a genetic disease.

This handout explains a medicine called Exparel. This is a local anesthetic that is used to prevent or treat pain from some procedures.

This handout for breastfeeding mothers explains the benefits of using a breast pump, what to expect when pumping, how often to pump, and how to choose a breast pump. This document is a chapter in the workbook "Breastfeeding."

This handout is part of the manual "Breastfeeding Your Hospitalized Baby." It covers how to create and maintain a milk supply, using a breast pump, hand expression, kangaroo care, milk let-down, keeping breast milk safe for the baby, milk fortifiers, and answers to questions about colostrum, foremilk, and hindmilk.

This handout explains why and how to express milk before having your baby. Talk with your provider before you start to hand-express your breast milk, to make sure it is a good option for you.

This handout explains how staff help keep patients safe during their hospital stay. It includes tips for walking safely.

This brochure outlines what to expect, how to prepare and how to plan for recovery from blephoroplasty, also called eyelid surgery.

This handout, called a CareMap, shows what a patient may expect when scheduled for fenestrated endovascular aortic repair surgery at Harborview Medical Center. It covers how to get ready for the surgery, what to expect during the hospital stay, and what to do at home after discharge.

This handout explains how to prepare for facelift surgery, and self-care instructions for afterward. Included is information about cold compresses, head elevation, activity restrictions, dressing and incision care, and showering.

This handout contains facts about falls -- how serious they can be, who is at risk, how to decrease the risk of falling, and a detailed "Falls-Free Plan" that lists what to do if feeling unsteady, having difficulty walking, taking prescription drugs, etc.

This handout has information for UWMC staff to give to any visitor who acts in ways that are not in keeping with the medical center's Workplace Violence Policy. UWMC staff have a right to provide patient care in a safe environment. It is also UWMC's responsibility to ensure a safe setting for our patients and their visitors.

This handout for families or patients at University of Washington Medical Center explains extracorporeal life support (ECLS) or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a short-term form of life support treatment. It gives indepth descriptions of how ECLS works and includes illustrations. Sections cover risks, how the therapy is started, other bedside care given, visiting guidelines, and more.

This handout is a section of the "Congenital Heart Conditions" notebook. It briefly explains factors to consider for women with congenital heart disease who may want to have children.

This handout lists recommendations for diet and exercise changes that can help keep your liver healthy. This handout is for patients experiencing fatty liver, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), non-alcoholic steatosis (NASH), and cirrhosis.