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  • Articles
    • Antibiotic Awareness
    • Cardiac Home Monitoring Program: Giving Medicines (Video)
    • Cardiac Home Monitoring Program: Red Flag Signs (Video)
    • Cardiac Home Monitoring Program: Weighing your Baby (Video)
    • Cortisol Replacement Treatment
  • Caring for a Seriously or Chronically Ill Child

    Articles
    • Asthma Inhalers
    • Balancing Schoolwork and Hospital Stays
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Transfusion Information
    • Blood Transfusion: Care at Home
      (Spanish) (Hmong)
    • Body cooling
    • Camps for Kids With Special Needs
      (Spanish)
    • Cardiac conditions: Care at home
      (Spanish) (Hmong)
    • Cardiofaciocutaneous (CFC) Syndrome
      (Spanish)
    • Central Line (Tunneled): Care at home
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) Prevention
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Chemotherapy
      (Spanish)
    • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
      (Spanish)
    • Clinical Trials
      (Spanish)
    • Colostomy: Care at Home
    • Congenital Heart Defects
      (Spanish)
    • Costello Syndrome
      (Spanish)
    • Cystic Fibrosis and Nutrition
    • Cystic Fibrosis: Huff-Cough
    • Cystic Fibrosis: Nebulizer treatments
    • Dental care with a bleeding disorder
    • Does My Child Need an Antibiotic? (Video)
    • Drinking liquids: Helpful hints for you and your child
    • DualCap Solo use at home
    • Electronic Health Records
      (Spanish)
    • End-of-Life Care for Children With Terminal Illness
      (Spanish)
    • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
      (Spanish)
    • Factor concentrate at home
      (Spanish)
    • Fecal pouch emptying
    • G-Tube: Parents Talk (Video)
    • Getting Support When Your Child Has Special Health Care Needs
      (Spanish)
    • Giving Teens a Voice in Health Care Decisions
      (Spanish)
    • Gross Motor Function Classification System
      (Spanish) (Hmong) (Somali)
    • Head Injury with a Bleeding Disorder
      (Spanish)
    • How to give factor concentrate at home (video)
    • If Your Baby Has a Birth Defect
      (Spanish)
    • Ileostomy: Care at home
    • Immunizations for children with a bleeding disorder
    • Implanted Port: Care at Home
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Inhalers
    • Injections (subcutaneous)
      (Spanish) (Hmong)
    • Is My Child Too Sick to Go to School?
      (Spanish)
    • Legius Syndrome
      (Spanish)
    • Managing Home Health Care
      (Spanish)
    • Mobility changes: Helping Children Cope
    • Mouth bleeding with a bleeding disorder
      (Spanish)
    • Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome
    • Nasogastric (NG) Tube Feeding
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Nebulizer
      (Spanish)
    • Neurocutaneous Syndromes
    • Neurofibromatosis Type 1
      (Spanish)
    • Nosebleed treatment with a bleeding disorder
      (Spanish)
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Oxygen safety at home
      (Spanish)
    • Palliative Care
      (Spanish)
    • Peripheral Intravenous Line (PIV): Care at Home
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC): Care at Home
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Physical Therapy
    • Preventing falls at home
    • Radiation Therapy
      (Spanish)
    • RASopathies
      (Spanish)
    • Sanfilippo Syndrome
      (Spanish)
    • Sending Your Child With Special Needs to Camp
      (Spanish)
    • Sickle cell pain control
    • Skin care for a child with limited mobility
    • Speech-Language Therapy
      (Spanish)
    • Spina Bifida
    • Suctioning
    • Taking Care of You: Support for Caregivers
    • Tracheostomy: Parents Talk (Video)
    • Urinary catheter (indwelling): Care at home
    • Urinary catheter irrigation
    • Vest therapy
    • When Your Baby's in the NICU
    • When Your Child's in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
      (Spanish)
    • Words to Know: Transplants
  • Checkups

    Articles
    • Coronavirus (COVID-19): Kids & Medical Care During the Pandemic
      (Spanish)
    • Health Screening Tests
      (Spanish)
    • Sports Physicals
      (Spanish)
    • Well Child Visit, Adolescent Alone Time
    • When Your Child Outgrows Pediatric Care
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 1 Month
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 1 Year (12 Months)
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 1.5 Years (18 Months)
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 10 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 11 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 12 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 13 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 14 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 15 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 15 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 16 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 17 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 18 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 19 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 2 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 2 Years (24 Months)
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 2.5 Years (30 Months)
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 20 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 21 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 3 to 5 Days
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 3 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 4 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 4 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 5 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 6 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 6 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 7 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 8 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 9 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 9 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: Newborn
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkups
      (Spanish)
  • Doctor & Hospital Visits

    Articles
    • Balancing Schoolwork and Hospital Stays
      (Spanish)
    • Biobanks
      (Spanish)
    • Chemotherapy
      (Spanish)
    • Coronavirus (COVID-19): Kids & Medical Care During the Pandemic
      (Spanish)
    • COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Discharge Instructions after Receiving Monoclonal Antibodies
    • DualCap Solo use in the hospital
    • Electronic Health Records
      (Spanish)
    • Fall prevention at Children's
    • Finding Your Way in the Health Care System
    • Foley catheter – Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI)
    • Going to the Emergency Room
      (Spanish)
    • How Can The Affordable Care Act Help Kids?
    • How to Find Affordable Health Care
      (Spanish)
    • How to Shop for Health Insurance
      (Spanish)
    • Intravenous Line (IV)
      (Spanish)
    • Making Sense of Medical News
    • Medical Cannabis: How it works at Children's
    • Medical Care and Your 13- to 18-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Medical Care and Your 2- to 3-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Medical Care and Your 4- to 5-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Medical Care and Your 6- to 12-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Pain in Children and Teens
      (Spanish) (Hmong) (Somali)
    • Pain in Infants (Babies)
      (Spanish) (Hmong) (Somali)
    • Patient/Parent/Legal Guardian Access to Medical Records
    • Preparing Your Child for Visits to the Doctor
      (Spanish)
    • Pressure sores: Prevention
    • Pressure Ulcer Prevention
    • Radiation Therapy
      (Spanish)
    • The Medical Home
      (Spanish)
    • Viewing Clinical Notes in Your Child’s Electronic Medical Record
    • What to Expect at a Telehealth Visit
      (Spanish)
    • What's a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine?
      (Spanish)
    • What's a Nurse Practitioner?
    • What's a Primary Care Physician (PCP)?
      (Spanish)
    • When and Where to Get Medical Care
      (Spanish)
    • When Your Child Outgrows Pediatric Care
      (Spanish)
    • When Your Child's in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
      (Spanish)
    • Who's Who in the Hospital
      (Spanish)
  • Health Care Resources and Information

    Articles
    • Bleeding disorders: First aid for the child with hemophilia
    • Blood pressure measurement
    • Breast milk supply FAQs
    • Breastfeeding: Solving early problems
    • Choking (age 1 and older)
    • Choking infant (up to 1 year)
      (Spanish) (Hmong)
    • Cleft Palate - Infant Feeding
    • Dental care with a bleeding disorder
    • Drinking liquids: Helpful hints for you and your child
    • Electronic Health Records
      (Spanish)
    • Gastroesophageal reflux - Danny Sling video
    • Gross Motor Function Classification System
      (Spanish) (Hmong) (Somali)
    • Helping children cope with medical procedures
    • Helping Kids Get Ready for Surgery
      (Spanish)
    • How Can The Affordable Care Act Help Kids?
    • How to Find Affordable Health Care
      (Spanish)
    • How to Shop for Health Insurance
      (Spanish)
    • Infant behavior cues
    • Injections (intramuscular)
    • Medical Cannabis: How it works at Children's
    • Memory monitor unit
    • Mental Health Specialists
      (Spanish)
    • Mobility changes: Helping Children Cope
    • Nipple Shield - General Guidelines
    • Nosebleed treatment with a bleeding disorder
      (Spanish)
    • Oxygen safety at home
      (Spanish)
    • Pain in Children and Teens
      (Spanish) (Hmong) (Somali)
    • Pain in Infants (Babies)
      (Spanish) (Hmong) (Somali)
    • Patient/Parent/Legal Guardian Access to Medical Records
    • Peak flow meter
    • Peripheral Intravenous Line (PIV): Care at Home
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC): Care at Home
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Pouch change: One piece
    • Pouch change: Two piece (using Newborn® pouch and wafer)
    • Sedation
      (Spanish)
    • Sickle cell pain control
    • Taking Care of You: Support for Caregivers
    • Types of Anesthesia
      (Spanish)
    • U.S. Poison Control Centers
    • Urostomy: Care at home
    • When Your Child's in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
      (Spanish)
  • Immunizations

    Articles
    • Antibiotic Awareness
    • Can Kids Get a COVID-19 Vaccine Along With the Flu Vaccine?
      (Spanish)
    • Coronavirus (COVID-19): Questions & Answers About Vaccines
      (Spanish)
    • Coronavirus (COVID-19): Understanding the COVID-19 Vaccine
      (Spanish)
    • Coronavirus (COVID-19): What Are Booster Shots?
      (Spanish)
    • COVID-19 Vaccines for Children Ages 6 Months to 5 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Do My Kids Need Vaccines Before Traveling?
      (Spanish)
    • How Vaccines Help (Video)
    • Immunizations and Cochlear Implants
      (Spanish)
    • Immunizations for children with a bleeding disorder
    • Immunizations: Helping your baby
    • Immunizations: Helping your child
    • Vaccination information statements
    • Vaccines & Antibiotics: A Safe Combo?
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Immunizations
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Immunizations: Chickenpox Vaccine
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Immunizations: Diphtheria, Tetanus & Pertussis Vaccine (DTaP)
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Immunizations: Hepatitis A Vaccine (HepA)
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Immunizations: Hepatitis B Vaccine (HepB)
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Immunizations: Hib Vaccine
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Immunizations: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Immunizations: Measles, Mumps & Rubella Vaccine (MMR)
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Immunizations: Meningococcal Vaccines
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Immunizations: Pneumococcal Vaccines (PCV, PPSV)
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Immunizations: Polio Vaccine (IPV)
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Immunizations: Rotavirus Vaccine (RV)
      (Spanish)
  • Medical Procedures

    Articles
    • Airborne precautions
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Antegrade Continence Enema (ACE)
    • Antegrade continence enema (ACE): Irrigation
    • Antegrade continence enema (ACE): Surgery
    • Baclofen pump
    • Barium exam: Care at home
    • Bladder augmentation
    • Blood Test: Factor IX Activity
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Transfusion Information
    • Blood Transfusion Information (Video)
    • Blood Transfusion: Care at Home
      (Spanish) (Hmong)
    • Blood Transfusions
    • Blood Transfusions
      (Spanish)
    • Body cooling
    • Bone scan
    • Botulinum toxin for spasticity
    • Bowel preparation in the hospital before surgery
    • Bronchoscopy and/or Laryngoscopy: Discharge instructions
    • Cardiac Catheterization
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Cardiac Stents
      (Spanish)
    • Cardiac stress test
    • Cardiac surgery: Care at home (adolescent)
      (Spanish)
    • Cardiac surgery: Care at home (infant/child)
      (Spanish)
    • Cardiac surgery: Care in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
      (Spanish)
    • Cardiac telemetry
    • Casts
      (Spanish)
    • Catheterizing a boy - intermittent
      (Spanish)
    • Catheterizing a girl - intermittent
      (Spanish)
    • Caudal block
    • Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) Prevention
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Central Lines (Central Venous Catheters)
      (Spanish)
    • Circumcision: Discharge instructions
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Cleft lip
    • Cleft palate
    • Cochlear implant: Discharge instructions
    • Cold air challenge
    • Colonoscopy: Care at home
    • Comforting your baby during needle procedures
      (Spanish)
    • Computed tomography (CT) scan
    • Contact and droplet precautions
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Contact precautions
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Cystoscopy and Ureteral Stent Placement
    • Deflux implant procedure
    • Dental surgery: Discharge instructions
      (Spanish)
    • Dialysis
    • Dialysis
      (Spanish)
    • Directed blood donation
    • Droplet precautions
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Eating and drinking before anesthesia or sedation
      (Spanish)
    • EEG (electroencephalography) monitoring and safety on the Neuroscience Unit
    • Electrocardiogram
    • Electroencephalogram (EEG)
    • Electroencephalogram (EEG) - ambulatory
    • Electroencephalogram (video)
    • Electroencephalogram instructions (ambulatory)
    • Electromyogram (EMG) and nerve conduction study (NCS)
    • Embolization
      (Spanish)
    • Emergency mental health care
    • Endocrine testing
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Endoscopy: Care at home
      (Spanish)
    • Enema
    • Enteric precautions
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Epidural analgesia
    • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
      (Spanish)
    • Foley catheter – Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI)
    • Gastric empty scan
    • Gastroesophageal reflux scan
    • Getting a Blood Test
      (Spanish)
    • Getting an X-Ray
      (Spanish)
    • Helping children cope with medical procedures
    • Hemodialysis
      (Spanish)
    • How Do Doctors Test for Food Allergies?
      (Spanish)
    • Hypospadias
    • Imperforate Anus
      (Spanish)
    • Implanted Ports
      (Spanish)
    • Intravenous Line (IV)
      (Spanish)
    • Intravenous therapy
    • Laparoscopy
    • Laryngoscopy
      (Spanish)
    • Laser treatment of the skin: Care at home
    • Liver Biopsy
    • Lumbar Puncture
    • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Meatoplasty/Meatotomy
    • Memory monitor unit
    • Methacholine challenge
    • Mitrofanoff: Discharge instructions
    • Nasal surgery
    • Nasogastric Tube (NG Tube)
      (Spanish)
    • Nephrostomy tube: Care at home
    • Nerve block: Care at home
    • Nissen fundoplication
    • Orchiopexy
    • Pacemaker: Care at home
    • Pectus Excavatum: The Nuss Procedure
    • Penile Adhesions
    • Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC Line)
      (Spanish)
    • Peritoneal Dialysis
      (Spanish)
    • Platelet Promacta and Nplate in ITP
    • Pneumogram
    • Pouch change: One piece
    • Pouch change: Two piece (using Newborn® pouch and wafer)
    • Pregnancy testing before a procedure
    • Pressure Ulcer Prevention
    • Pulmonary function test
    • Pulmonary stents
    • Pyeloplasty
    • Quick Summary: Laryngoscopy
    • Radioembolization (TARE-Y90) for Liver Tumors
      (Spanish)
    • Radionuclide cystogram (RNC)
    • Renal scan or DMSA scan
    • Renogram
    • Renogram with Lasix®
    • Renogram with Vasotec®
    • Rigo Cheneau Brace
      (Spanish)
    • Safe patient handling
    • Safe room care
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Sclerotherapy
      (Spanish)
    • Sedation: Extended observation
    • Skin biopsy (punch type)
    • Spinal Fusion Surgery
    • Stool sample collection at home
      (Spanish)
    • Submaximal exercise test
    • Sucrose 24% Solution
    • Surgeries and Procedures: Gastrostomy Tube (G-Tube)
    • Surgeries and Procedures: Retinopathy of Prematurity
    • Tear duct probe: Discharge instructions
    • Tear-Duct Blockage
      (Spanish)
    • Tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy (with a bleeding disorder)
    • Tonsillectomy: information
    • Tuberculosis skin test
    • Tympanoplasty
      (Spanish)
    • Ultrasound
    • Upper gastrointestinal series
    • Ureteral reimplant: Discharge instructions
    • Ureteral Stent
      (Spanish)
    • Urinary catheter (indwelling): Care at home
    • Urinary catheter irrigation
    • Urine collection (timed)
    • Urodynamic studies
    • Urostomy: Care at home
    • Vaginoscopy
    • Vagus Nerve Stimulator Therapy for Epilepsy
      (Spanish)
    • Vesicostomy
      (Spanish)
    • Video Electroencephalogram (EEG): Inpatient
    • Video fluoroscopic swallow
      (Spanish)
    • Voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) for boys
    • Voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) for girls
    • VP Shunts
      (Spanish)
    • When Your Child Needs a Liver Transplant
      (Spanish)
    • Words to Know: Transplants
  • Medical Tests & Exams

    Articles
    • A Directory of Medical Tests
    • Airborne precautions
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Arthrogram
      (Spanish)
    • Aspiration and Biopsy: Bone Marrow
      (Spanish)
    • Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) Test
    • Barium exam: Care at home
    • Biobanks
      (Spanish)
    • Biopsies
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Culture
    • Blood Test: 17-Hydroxyprogesterone
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT, or SGPT)
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Allergen-Specific Immunoglobulin E (IgE)
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Amylase
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST, or SGOT)
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Basic Metabolic Panel (BMP)
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Bilirubin
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: C-Peptide
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: C-Reactive Protein (CRP)
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Complete Blood Count
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP)
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Dehydroepiandrosterone-Sulfate (DHEA-S)
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Estradiol
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Factor IX Activity
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Factor VIII Activity
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Ferritin (Iron)
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH)
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Gamma-Glutamyl Transpeptidase (GGT)
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Gliadin Antibodies
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Glucose
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Hemoglobin
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Hemoglobin A1c
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Hemoglobin Electrophoresis
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Hepatic (Liver) Function Panel
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: IGF Binding Protein-3 (IGFBP-3)
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Immunoglobulin A (IgA)
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Immunoglobulin E (IgE)
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Immunoglobulins (IgA, IgG, IgM)
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Insulin
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH)
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Lead
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Lipase
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Lipid Panel
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Luteinizing Hormone (LH)
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Magnesium
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT)
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Phosphorus
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Prolactin
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Prothrombin Time (PT)
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Reticulocyte Count
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Somatomedin C (IGF-1)
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: T3 Resin Uptake (T3RU)
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: T3 Total (Triiodothyronine)
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: T4 (Thyroxine)
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Testosterone
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Thyroglobulin Antibodies (TgAb)
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Tissue Transglutaminase IgA (tTg-IgA)
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Uric Acid
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: Valproic Acid
      (Spanish)
    • Blood Test: von Willebrand Factor (vWF) Activity - Ristocetin Cofactor
      (Spanish)
    • Bone marrow test: Care at home
      (Spanish)
    • Bone scan
    • Botulinum toxin for spasticity
    • Bronchoscopy and/or Laryngoscopy: Discharge instructions
    • Cardiac Catheterization
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Cardiac stress test
    • Cardiac telemetry
    • Cold air challenge
    • Colonoscopy: Care at home
    • Computed tomography (CT) scan
    • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Tests: Which One Is Best?
      (Spanish)
    • Coronavirus (COVID-19): Antibody Testing
      (Spanish)
    • Coronavirus (COVID-19): Getting Tested
      (Spanish)
    • Coronavirus (COVID-19): Getting Tested at a Drive-Thru Testing Site
      (Spanish)
    • Coronavirus (COVID-19): Viral Testing
      (Spanish)
    • Cortisol Replacement Treatment
    • CT (CAT) Scan: Abdomen
      (Spanish)
    • CT (CAT) Scan: Chest
      (Spanish)
    • CT (CAT) Scan: Head
      (Spanish)
    • CT (CAT) Scan: Neck
      (Spanish)
    • CT (CAT) Scans
      (Spanish)
    • Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Chloride Sweat Test
      (Spanish)
    • Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Respiratory Screen: Sputum
      (Spanish)
    • Cystoscopy and Ureteral Stent Placement
    • Dialysis
    • Droplet precautions
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Eating and drinking before anesthesia or sedation
      (Spanish)
    • Echocardiogram
    • EEG (electroencephalography) monitoring and safety on the Neuroscience Unit
    • Electrocardiogram
    • Electroencephalogram (EEG)
    • Electroencephalogram (EEG) - ambulatory
    • Electroencephalogram (video)
    • Electroencephalogram instructions (ambulatory)
    • Electromyogram (EMG) and nerve conduction study (NCS)
    • EMG (Electromyogram)
      (Spanish)
    • Endocrine testing
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Endoscopy: Care at home
      (Spanish)
    • Enema
    • Enteric precautions
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Gastric empty scan
    • Gastroesophageal reflux scan
    • Genetics
      (Spanish)
    • Getting a Blood Test
      (Spanish)
    • Getting a CT (CAT) Scan
      (Spanish)
    • Getting an MRI
      (Spanish)
    • Getting an Ultrasound
      (Spanish)
    • Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR)
    • Health Screening Tests
      (Spanish)
    • Hearing Tests
      (Spanish)
    • Helping children cope with medical procedures
    • Immunizations: Helping your baby
    • Intravenous therapy
    • Joint Aspiration (Arthrocentesis)
      (Spanish)
    • Lumbar Puncture
    • Lumbar Puncture (Spinal Tap)
      (Spanish)
    • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Methacholine challenge
    • MIBG Scan
    • Nasopharyngoscopy
      (Spanish)
    • Nerve block: Care at home
    • Nitrous oxide for sedation
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Pneumogram
    • Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan
    • Pregnancy testing before a procedure
    • Pulmonary function test
    • Quick Summary: Nasopharyngoscopy
    • Radionuclide cystogram (RNC)
    • Renal scan or DMSA scan
    • Renogram
    • Renogram with Lasix®
    • Renogram with Vasotec®
    • Sedation: Extended observation
    • Skin biopsy (punch type)
    • Sleep Study (Polysomnogram)
      (Spanish)
    • Spinal Cord Injuries
      (Spanish)
    • Spinal Tap (Lumbar Puncture)
    • Spirometry
      (Spanish)
    • Stool sample collection at home
      (Spanish)
    • Stool Tests
      (Spanish)
    • Strep Test: Throat Culture
      (Spanish)
    • Submaximal exercise test
    • Sucrose 24% Solution
    • Surgeries and Procedures: Laryngoscopy
    • The Lymphatic System & Lymphatic Conditions
      (Spanish)
    • The Schroth Method of Physical Therapy
      (Spanish)
    • Tuberculosis skin test
    • Types of Blood Tests
      (Spanish)
    • Ultrasound
    • Ultrasound: Abdomen
      (Spanish)
    • Ultrasound: Bladder
      (Spanish)
    • Ultrasound: Head
      (Spanish)
    • Ultrasound: Infant Hip
      (Spanish)
    • Ultrasound: Pelvis
      (Spanish)
    • Ultrasound: Renal (Kidneys, Ureters, Bladder)
      (Spanish)
    • Ultrasound: Scrotum
      (Spanish)
    • Ultrasound: Transcranial Doppler
      (Spanish)
    • Ultrasounds
      (Spanish)
    • Upper gastrointestinal series
    • Urine collection (first morning)
      (Spanish)
    • Urine collection (timed)
    • Urodynamic studies
    • Video Electroencephalogram (EEG): Inpatient
    • Video fluoroscopic swallow
      (Spanish)
    • Video Urodynamic Study
    • Voiding Cystourethrogram (VCUG)
      (Spanish)
    • Voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) for boys
    • Voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) for girls
    • Wound Drainage Culture
      (Spanish)
    • X-Ray Exam: Abdomen
      (Spanish)
    • X-Ray Exam: Ankle
      (Spanish)
    • X-Ray Exam: Bone Age Study
      (Spanish)
    • X-Ray Exam: Cervical Spine
      (Spanish)
    • X-Ray Exam: Chest
      (Spanish)
    • X-Ray Exam: Elbow
      (Spanish)
    • X-Ray Exam: Finger
      (Spanish)
    • X-Ray Exam: Foot
      (Spanish)
    • X-Ray Exam: Forearm
      (Spanish)
    • X-Ray Exam: Hand
      (Spanish)
    • X-Ray Exam: Hip
      (Spanish)
    • X-Ray Exam: Knee
      (Spanish)
    • X-Ray Exam: Leg Length
      (Spanish)
    • X-Ray Exam: Lower Leg (Tibia and Fibula)
      (Spanish)
    • X-Ray Exam: Neck
      (Spanish)
    • X-Ray Exam: Pelvis
      (Spanish)
    • X-Ray Exam: Scoliosis
      (Spanish)
    • X-Ray Exam: Upper Arm (Humerus)
      (Spanish)
    • X-Ray Exam: Upper Gastrointestinal Tract (Upper GI)
      (Spanish)
    • X-Ray Exam: Upper Leg (Femur)
      (Spanish)
    • X-Ray Exam: Wrist
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Vision
      (Spanish)
    • Your Daughter's First Gynecology Visit
      (Spanish)
  • Medicine

    Articles
    • ACTH for infantile spasms
    • ADHD Medicines
    • Aldesleukin (Interleukin-2, Proleukin)
    • Alemtuzumab (Campath)
    • Alendronate
    • Alpha interferon
    • Amifostine (Ethyol)
    • Aminocaproic acid (Amicar)
    • Amiodarone (Cordarone)
    • Anesthetic (numbing) cream
      (Spanish)
    • Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs)
    • Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors
    • Antibiotic Awareness
    • Anticoagulants: Treatment of blood clots
    • Asparaginase (Elspar, Erwinase)
      (Spanish)
    • Aspirin
      (Spanish)
    • Asthma Inhalers
    • Atomoxetine (Strattera)
    • Atypical antipsychotics
    • Aztreonam for inhalation (Cayston®)
    • Behavior regulators
    • Beta blockers
    • Bevacizumab (Avastin)
    • Bleomycin (Blenoxane)
      (Spanish)
    • Blinatumomab (Blincyto)
    • Bortezomib (Velcade)
    • Brentuximab (Adcetris)
    • Bupropion (Wellbutrin)
    • Buspirone (Buspar)
    • Caffeine (Cafcit)
    • Calcium channel blockers
    • CAR T cell infusion
    • Carboplatin (Paraplatin, CBDCA)
      (Spanish)
    • Carfilzomib (Kyprolis)
    • Carmustine (BiCNU, BCNU)
      (Spanish)
    • Caudal block
    • Celecoxib
    • Cephalosporin antibiotics (IV or IM)
    • Chemotherapy
      (Spanish)
    • Chemotherapy (outpatient): cyclophosphamide
    • Chemotherapy at home by IV push
      (Spanish)
    • Ciprofloxacin (Cipro)
    • Cisplatin (Platinol, CDPP)
      (Spanish)
    • Clofarabine (Clolar)
    • Clonidine (Catapres)
    • Clopidogrel (Plavix)
    • Common Questions About Immunizations
      (Spanish)
    • Complementary and Alternative Medicine
      (Spanish)
    • Corticosteroids (inhaled)
    • Corticosteroids for asthma (oral)
    • Corticosteroids for chemotherapy
      (Spanish)
    • Corticosteroids for immune disorders
    • Coumadin/Warfarin (Video)
    • Crizotinib (Xalkori)
    • Cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan)
      (Spanish)
    • Cyclosporine
    • Cystic fibrosis medicines
    • Cytarabine (Ara-C, Cytosar-U)
      (Spanish)
    • Dacarbazine (DTIC, DIC, imidazole carboxamide)
      (Spanish)
    • Dactinomycin (Actinomycin-D, AMD, Cosmegen)
      (Spanish)
    • Dalteparin (Fragmin)
    • Dasatinib (Sprycel)
    • Daunorubicin (Daunomycin, Cerubidine)
      (Spanish)
    • Deferoxamine (Desferal)
    • Desmopressin (DDAVP) for bedwetting
    • Desmopressin (DDAVP) for bleeding disorders
    • Desmopressin (DDAVP) for diabetes insipidus
    • Desmopressin (Stimate)
    • Dexrazoxane (Zinecard)
      (Spanish)
    • Diazepam rectal gel, how to give (video)
    • Digoxin (Lanoxin)
    • Dinutuximab (Unituxin)
    • Diuretics (Thiazide-type)
    • Does My Child Need an Antibiotic? (Video)
    • Dornase Alfa (Pulmozyme)
    • Doxorubicin (Adriamycin, adria, ADR, DOXO)
      (Spanish)
    • DualCap Solo use at home
    • DualCap Solo use in the hospital
    • Ear drops
      (Spanish) (Hmong) (Somali)
    • Enoxaparin (Lovenox)
    • Epidural analgesia
    • Erythropoietin
    • Etoposide (VP-16, VePesid)
      (Spanish)
    • Eye drops
      (Spanish) (Hmong) (Somali)
    • Eye ointment
      (Spanish) (Hmong)
    • Factor concentrate at home
      (Spanish)
    • Factor V Leiden
    • Fludarabine (Fludara)
      (Spanish)
    • Fludrocortisone (Florinef)
    • Fluorouracil (Adrucil)
    • Furosemide (Lasix) or Bumetanide (Bumex)
    • Ganitumab (AMG 479)
    • Gemcitabine (Gemzar)
    • Gemtuzumab (Mylotarg)
    • Giving a Liquid Medicine (Video)
    • Giving Aspirin (Video)
    • Giving Enoxaparin or Lovenox (Video)
    • Glembatumumab Vedotin (CDX-011)
    • Glucagon and Diabetes
      (Spanish)
    • Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate
    • Granisetron (Kytril)
    • Granulocyte stimulating factor (Neupogen, filgrastim)
      (Spanish)
    • Guanfacine (Tenex, Intuniv)
    • H-2 blockers
    • Hormone therapy for young women
    • How Can I Help My Child Use a Nebulizer?
      (Spanish)
    • How to Safely Give Acetaminophen
      (Spanish)
    • How to Safely Give Ibuprofen
      (Spanish)
    • Hydroxyurea (Hydrea)
    • Hypertonic Saline (HTS) Nebulization
    • Idarubicin (Idamycin)
      (Spanish)
    • Ifosfamide (Ifex)
      (Spanish)
    • Imatinib (Gleevec)
      (Spanish)
    • Immune globulin
    • Immunizations: Care at home
      (Spanish) (Hmong)
    • Implanted Port Access (Video)
    • Implanted Port Access - Spanish (Video)
    • Indwelling Subcutaneous Catheter (Insuflon™)
    • Infiltration and extravasation care
    • Infliximab (Remicade)
    • Inhalers
    • Insulin Injections
    • Intramuscular Immune Globulin (IMIG)
    • Intravenous therapy
    • Irinotecan (Camptosar)
      (Spanish)
    • IV medicines - preparing at home
    • Lactobacillus (Probiotics)
    • Lenalidomide (Revlimid)
    • Leucovorin (Citrovorum factor, Folinic acid)
    • Leukotriene receptor antagonists
    • Lithium
    • Lomustine (CCNU, CeeNu)
      (Spanish)
    • Lorvotuzumab (IMGN901)
    • Medication tapers
    • Medicine - Helping children take oral medication
    • Medicine Tips: Infant (Video)
    • Medicine Tips: Infant - Hmong (Video)
    • Medicine Tips: Infant - Somali (Video)
    • Medicine Tips: Infant - Spanish (Video)
    • Medicine Tips: Toddler (Video)
    • Medicine Tips: Toddler - Hmong (Video)
    • Medicine Tips: Toddler - Somali (Video)
    • Medicine Tips: Toddler - Spanish (Video)
    • Medicines: Using Them Safely
      (Spanish)
    • Melphalan (Alkeran)
    • Mercaptopurine (Purinethol)
      (Spanish)
    • Mesna (Mesnex)
      (Spanish)
    • Methotrexate (for chemotherapy)
      (Spanish)
    • Methotrexate (for immune disorders)
    • Metoclopramide (Reglan)
    • MIBG Treatment for Neuroblastoma
      (Spanish)
    • Mineral oil for ear cleaning
    • Mitoxantrone (Novoantrone)
      (Spanish)
    • Nexplanon®
    • Nitric Oxide (inhaled)
    • Nitrous oxide for sedation
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Olanzapine (Zyprexa)
    • Ondansetron (Zofran)
    • Opioids: Safe Use, Storage and Disposal
    • Patient-controlled analgesia
    • Pazopanib (Votrient)
    • Pegaspargase (Oncaspar)
    • Pembrolizumab (Keytruda)
    • Pentamidine (Pentam)
    • Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC): Care at Home
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Phenobarbital
    • Phenytoin (Dilantin)
    • PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis)
      (Spanish)
    • Procarbazine (Matulane)
      (Spanish)
    • Propofol (Diprivan) for sedation
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Propranolol for hemangioma
    • Proton-pump inhibitors
    • Radiation treatment: Managing side effects
    • Retinoic acid (for cancer therapy)
      (Spanish)
    • Reye Syndrome
      (Spanish)
    • Risperidone (Risperdal)
    • Rituximab (Rituxan)
      (Spanish)
    • Ruxolitinib (Jakafi)
    • Safe handling of hazardous drugs
    • Sedation for a procedure
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors
    • Sorafenib (Nexavar)
    • Spironolactone (Aldactone)
    • Stimulants for attention disorders
    • Surfactant
    • Synagis (palivizumab)
    • Taking Insulin for Diabetes
    • Talking to the Pharmacist
      (Spanish)
    • Teaching Your Child How to Swallow Pills
      (Spanish)
    • Temozolomide (Temodar)
      (Spanish)
    • Temsirolimus (Torisel)
    • Thalidomide (Thalomid)
      (Spanish)
    • The Danger of Antibiotic Overuse
      (Spanish)
    • The Pill for Hormone Treatment
    • Thioguanine
      (Spanish)
    • Thiotepa (TESPA,TSPA)
      (Spanish)
    • Tobramycin for Inhalation
    • Topotecan (Hycamtin)
    • Tranexamic acid (Cyklokapron)
    • Trastuzumab (Herceptin)
      (Spanish)
    • Trazodone (Oleptro, Desyrel)
    • Using the Patch (Xulane, Twirla)
    • Using the Ring (Annovera, EluRyng, NuvaRing)
    • Vinblastine (Velban)
    • Vincristine (Oncovin)
      (Spanish)
    • Vinorelbine (Navelbine)
    • Vitamin D
      (Spanish)
    • Vorinostat (Zolinza)
    • Warfarin (Coumadin)
      (Spanish)
    • What Is an Insulin Pump?
    • Win Rho
  • Surgical Conditions

    Articles
    • Adenoidectomy and Ear Tubes
    • Adenoidectomy information
    • Adult Mobilization (Video)
    • Antegrade Continence Enema (ACE)
    • Atrioventricular Canal Defect
    • Aural Atresia
    • Basilar Invagination
      (Spanish)
    • Brain Surgery for Epilepsy
    • Cardiac Surgery Care at Home - Activity Limitations and Lift (Video)
    • Cardiac Surgery Care at Home - Incision (Video)
    • Cervical Collar Use and Care Guide
    • Circumcision (Surgical)
    • Cleft Lip
      (Spanish)
    • Cleft Lip and Palate
      (Spanish)
    • Cleft Palate
      (Spanish)
    • Cleft Palate With Cleft Lip
      (Spanish)
    • Closed Reduction Percutaneous Pinning - Upper
    • Cochlear Implants
      (Spanish)
    • Colostomy: Care at Home
    • Congenital diaphragmatic hernia: Care at home
    • Congestive Heart Failure
      (Spanish)
    • Craniosynostosis
    • Double diapering
    • Ear Tubes
    • Eating and drinking before anesthesia or sedation
      (Spanish)
    • Endoscopy: Care at home
      (Spanish)
    • Epigastric hernia
    • Fecal pouch emptying
    • Gastroschisis
    • Halo-Gravity Traction
      (Spanish)
    • Hypospadias
    • Ileostomy: Care at home
    • Imperforate Anus
      (Spanish)
    • Inguinal hernia/hydrocele
    • Intussusception
      (Spanish)
    • Levo-Transposition of the Great Arteries
    • Meatoplasty/Meatotomy
    • Minimally Invasive Surgery
      (Spanish)
    • Myocarditis
      (Spanish)
    • Omphalocele
      (Spanish)
    • Orchiopexy
    • Orofacial Clefts
      (Spanish)
    • Penile Adhesions
    • Pilonidal cyst
    • Pouch change: One piece
    • Pouch change: Two piece (using Newborn® pouch and wafer)
    • Pyloric stenosis
    • Quick Summary: Treating Indirect Inguinal Hernia
      (Spanish)
    • Sedation: Extended observation
    • Short Bowel Syndrome
      (Spanish)
    • Sinonasal Tumors
      (Spanish)
    • Skin abscess
    • Soft Helmet Use and Care Guide
    • Stem Cell Transplants
      (Spanish)
    • Surgical Site Infections
    • The Lymphatic System & Lymphatic Conditions
      (Spanish)
    • Tonsillectomy: information
    • Tracheoesophageal fistula
    • Tula Ear Tubes®
    • Umbilical hernia
    • Urostomy: Care at home
    • Ventricular Assist Device
      (Spanish)
    • Vesicostomy
      (Spanish)
    • When Your Child Needs a Heart Transplant
      (Spanish)
    • Wound care
  • When Your Child Has Surgery

    Articles
    • Anesthesia: Questions and answers
      (Spanish) (Somali)
    • Blood Transfusions
      (Spanish)
    • Brain Surgery for Epilepsy
    • Can Anesthesia Hurt Brain Development?
      (Spanish)
    • CHG bath 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate cloths
    • Circumcision (Surgical)
    • Deflux implant procedure
    • Double diapering
    • Elective Surgery
      (Spanish)
    • G-Tube: Parents Talk (Video)
    • Helping Kids Get Ready for Surgery
      (Spanish)
    • Laryngoscopy
      (Spanish)
    • Minimally Invasive Surgery
      (Spanish)
    • Post anesthesia care unit (recovery room)
    • Preparing Your Child for Surgery
      (Spanish)
    • Preventing Infections When Your Child Has Surgery
      (Spanish)
    • Quick Summary: Appendectomy (Laparoscopic)
    • Quick Summary: Cochlear Implant
      (Spanish)
    • Quick Summary: Ear Tube Surgery (Myringotomy)
      (Spanish)
    • Quick Summary: Laryngoscopy
    • Quick Summary: Treating Gastroschisis (Gastroschisis Silo)
    • Quick Summary: Treating Indirect Inguinal Hernia
      (Spanish)
    • Quick Summary: Treating Tear-Duct Blockage (Tear Duct Massage)
    • Sedation
      (Spanish)
    • Spinal Fusion Surgery
    • Splenectomies
      (Spanish)
    • Tracheostomy: Parents Talk (Video)
    • Tracheostomy: Pre-operative information
    • Types of Anesthesia
      (Spanish)
    • When Your Child Needs a Heart Transplant
      (Spanish)
    • When Your Child Needs a Liver Transplant
      (Spanish)
    • When Your Child's in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
      (Spanish)
    • Wound Healing and Care
      (Spanish)

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