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This handout describes menopause symptoms and how to deal with them. It includes tips for handling hot flashes, insomnia, sexuality changes, vaginal dryness, stress, osteoporosis, and cardiovascular (heart) disease.

This CareMap provides a timeline for patients having metastatic whole brain treatments. Sections include Before Treatment, Treatment Day 1, Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Home Care, 1 Month After, and Every 2 to 3 Months.

This handout gives instructions to stop taking medicines that contain metformin on the day of a procedure that uses iodine contrast material (radiology dye).

This handout describes a methacholine challenge test and how to prepare for it. This test is done to diagnose asthma.

This handout describes MRSA and who is at risk for getting it. It also explains how this disease can be spread and offers steps to prevent others from getting it.

This handout explains the drug methotrexate, its side effects, drug interactions, and how to give yourself a subcutaneous injection.

This handout discusses the medicine methotrexate, which is used for many skin disorders such as psoriasis. It includes doses, monitoring, side effects, and drug interactions.

This handout explains what happens during a micro-direct laryngoscopy, a procedure to examine the larynx (voice box) with a microscope. It includes self-care instructions to follow while recovering from the surgery.

This handout explains how to prepare for middle ear surgery, which is done to repair the eardrum (tympanic membrane) or small hearing bones (ossicles) in the middle ear. These may be repaired using either man-made or natural tissues. This surgery is done to restore hearing.

This handout, called a CareMap, shows what a patient may expect when scheduled for Middle Fossa (MCF) or Translabyrinthine (TL) procedure at University of Washington Medical Center. It covers how to get ready for the surgery, what to expect on the day of surgery and during the hospital stay, and self-care during recovery at home.

This handout provides spaces to record personal information and memories related to a baby's birth and early days of life. This document is a chapter in the workbook "Baby Care," authored by the Mother Baby Unit at University of Washington Medical Center.

This handout, called a CareMap, shows what a patient may expect when admitted to UW Medicine for minimally invasive (MIS) hysterectomy surgery. It includes how to prepare for the surgery, what happens during the hospital stay, and basic instructions to follow at home after discharge.

This handout explains what a miscarriage is, the possible causes, and choices for treatment, including "watch and wait" (expectant management), using the medication misoprostol, and vacuum aspiration.

This handout describes mitral regurgitation, a disease of the mitral valve in the heart. It explains how this disease is diagnosed and assessed, treatment options, and how your doctor will decide what treatment is best for you.

This handout describes modified albumin dialysis, a procedure to treat the symptoms of liver failure. It includes risks, benefits, and other options. This information is given to patients before they sign a consent form to proceed with the treatment.

This handout is for patients who are having a modified Ravitch procedure to repair a deformity of the chest wall called pectus excavatum.

This handout for Plastic Surgery patients at Harborview Medical Center explains how to choose a moisturizer and how to apply it to a skin graft and skin graft donor site.

This handout explains how the Endocrine and Diabetes Care Center at University of Washington Medical Center helps patients monitor their diabetes. Topics include home blood glucose monitoring, continuous glucose monitoring, urine ketone testing, and the 3-month blood glucose (glycosylated hemoglobin) test.

This handout lists various resources for brain tumor patients. It includes contact information for national and local support groups, research organizations, legal resources, caregiver support options, and more.

This handout explains the changes in oral health that occur during radiation therapy for head and/or neck cancer. Included are short-term and long-term changes, and how to apply fluoride.

This handout helps guide recovery after thoracic (chest) surgery with sternal incision. It describes how to move "In the Tube" to minimize stress on your body and help your recovery. It includes precautions, exercise goals, and how to listen to what your body needs. 

This handout explains what to expect when a patient is stable enough to leave the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and move to "the floor." This move to another unit in the hospital means the patient needs less monitoring and will be able to have more mobility.

This handout describes an MRI scan of the abdomen, which is done to take detailed pictures of organs and tissues in the belly. It includes how to prepare for the exam, how it works, how it is done, what to expect, and how to get the exam results.

This handout describes magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), an exam done to detect, diagnose, and to help treat heart disorders, stroke, and blood vessel diseases. It inncludes how to prepare for the exam, how the exam works, how the exam is done, what to expect, and how to get the exam results.