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This brochure describes traumatic events, what causes traumatic stress, who gets it, signs and symptoms, and tips for dealing with a traumatic event.

This handout offers resources and travel tips for people with diabetes, to help them stay safe and healthy while they are away from home. Included is a checklist for items to bring such as diabetes supplies, snacks, and medical alert identification. Contact information is included for UWMC Travel Medicine Clinics and and the Seattle/King County Health Department.

This handout gives tips for preventing and treating diarrhea while traveling.

This handout gives clear instructions on how to choose the right infant car seat, how to use it safely, how to place a baby in the car seat, and basic car safety.

This booklet explains the treadmill 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 gives answers to common questions.

This handout explains the causes of anemia and what tests are done to check for it. It also explains how kidney failure can lead to anemia and describes how the drug Aransesp (darbepoetin alfa) is used to treat anemia.

This handout explains an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) in the brain and how it is treated. It includes how to prepare for AVM surgery, what to expect during the procedure, and self-care at home.

This handout explains blood clots, their symptoms, and how they are treated.

This handout explains treatment for cavernous malformation, an abnormal cluster of blood vessels in the brain. It includes how to prepare, what happens on the day of surgery, and follow-up care.

This handout describes medicines that may be used to treat depression and anxiety during pregnancy. Be sure to talk with your provider about treating these problems.

This handout gives instructions for patients who will receive radioactive iodine therapy after a thyroid uptake and scan for hyperthyroidism.

This handout describes 2 treatments for liver tumors: hepatic resection, surgery to remove the part of the liver where the tumor is; and radiofrequency ablation, which uses electrical current to heat the tumor and kill the cancer cells.

This handout explains what to expect and how to prepare for lymphaticovenular anastomosis. In this operation, the lymphatic vessels are connected to the veins. It is done to reduce a type of tissue swelling called lymphedema, caused when lymph fluid does not drain normally.

This handout explains how lymphedema is assessed and how it may be treated with surgery. It describes different surgeries that may be used: lymphaticovenular anastamosis (LVA), vascularized lymph node transfer (VLNT) and liposuction.

This handout explains what to expect, how to prepare, and how to plan for recovery after vascularized lymph node transfer surgery (VLNT). This surgery replaces lymph nodes when they have been removed from an area of the body.

This handout gives detailed instructions for many ways to treat warts at home, including salicylic acid and lactic acid (DuoFilm) and hyperthermia.

This handout explains the Office-Based Opioid Treatment (OBOT) program at Harborview Medical Center. It includes an agreement section at the end for you to sign if you want to enroll in the program. OBOT can prescribe medicines to treat opioid use disorder. The medicine usually prescribed is called buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone).

This handout explains the medicine apixaban, a drug that helps prevent blood clots. Sections include: Why am I taking apixaban? How does it work? How much should I take? What if I miss a dose? What are the side effects? Does apixaban affect other medicines? and more.

This handout explains the medicine dabigatran, a drug that helps prevent blood clots. It includes how much to take, what to do if a dose is missed, what other drugs should not be taken at the same time, when to call the doctor, and possible side effects from taking this drug.

This handout gives information about the medicine enoxaparin (brand name Lovenox). It explains what it is used for and includes a list of side effects, what to do if a dose is missed, how to dispose of "sharps" safely, and other precautions.

This handout explains the medicine rivaroxaban, a drug that helps prevent blood clots. It includes how much to take, what to do if a dose is missed, what other drugs should not be taken at the same time, when to call the doctor, and possible side effects from taking this drug.

This handout describes warfarin, a medicine used to treat and prevent blood clots in the legs, lungs, heart, brain, and other parts of the body. All aspects of treatment with this medicine are covered from side effects to how to deal with a missed dose to how to monitor dietary intake of vitamin K.

This handout explains the risks and benefits of "trial by labor" -- trying to have a child by labor after having had another child by cesarean delivery. The handout also gives a general overview of what to expect when planning a trial by labor.

This brochure explains what to expect and how to prepare for triple nerve neurectomy, a surgery to treat chronic pain after hernia repair.