Educational Materials for Families Facing Gastrointestinal Surgery

The following information may be helpful to families preparing specifically for gastrointestinal surgery. You may also view a searchable directory of general patient/family educational materials.

• Anesthesia: Questions and Answers (Somali), (Spanish)
• Antegrade Continence Enema (ACE): Irrigation
• Antegrade Continence Enema (ACE): Surgery
• Barium Enema
• Barium Exam: Care at Home
• Bowel Preparation in the Hospital Before Surgery
• Caudal Block
• Colonoscopy: Care at Home (Spanish)
• Drinking liquids: Helpful Hints for You and Your Child
• Eating and drinking before anesthesia or sedation (Somali), (Spanish)
• Endoscopy: Care at Home (Spanish)
• Epidural Analgesia
• Fecal Pouch Emptying
• Gastric Empty Scan
• Gastroschisis
• Gastroesophageal Reflux (Hmong), (Spanish)
• Gastroesophageal Reflux Scan
• Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures
• Information for Parents about Integrative Medicine
• Intravenous Therapy
• Keeping Your Child Safe at Children's (Hmong), (Somali), (Spanish)
• Medicine Safety (Spanish)
• Metoclopramide (Reglan)
• Nasogastric Tube Feeding (Spanish)
• Necrotizing Enterocolitis (Spanish)
• Nissen Fundoplication
• Nitrous Oxide for Sedation (Spanish)
• Pain in Children and Adolescents (Hmong), (Somali), (Spanish)
• Pain in Infants (Hmong), (Somali), (Spanish)
• Patient-controlled Analgesia
• Pyloric Stenosis
• Sedation for a Procedure (Spanish)
• Sedation: Extended Observation
• Upper Gastrointestinal Series
• Wound Care (Hmong), (Somali), (Spanish)