Patient resources

Having an ultrasound scan to check blood flow in your leg veins

Having an ultrasound scan to check blood flow in your leg arteries

Having an ultrasound scan to check blood flow in your neck arteries

Welcome to Ward 12 – Children’s High Dependency Unit

Mavacamten for your heart condition (obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy)

Being cared for in isolation to prevent the spread of infection

Advice after a colonoscopy

Bloodshot eye (subconjunctival haemorrhage)

Bunions in children and young people

Having a colonoscopy to look inside your large bowel

Trigger point injections for muscle pain relief

Dietary advice after you have an ileostomy

Your Local Cancer Services

Hydroxycarbamide treatment plan for haemoglobin disorders

Please note that this leaflet should only be used if authorised by a member of the Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Team

Having an X-ray test with a contrast drink to look at your stomach and small bowel

Having an X-ray test to look at your swallowing (contrast swallow/meal test)

Withdrawing oral steroid tablets taken for asthma

Having a coil fitted during a caesarean section for birth control

Having a radioiodine diagnostic scan after thyroid ablation therapy

Expressing first breast milk (colostrum) from 36 weeks of pregnancy for when your baby is born

Please use this leaflet under the guidance of your midwife or neonatal team.