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Caring for a Seriously or Chronically Ill Child
Articles-
Balancing Academics and Serious Illness
(Spanish)
- Blood transfusion identification
- Blood transfusion information
- Blood transfusion: Care at home
- Body cooling
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Camps for Kids With Special Needs
(Spanish)
- Cardiac conditions: Care at home
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Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) Prevention
(Somali)
- Central venous catheter: Care at home
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Chemotherapy
(Spanish)
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Colostomy: Care at Home
- Cystic Fibrosis and Nutrition
- Cystic Fibrosis: Huff-Cough
- Cystic Fibrosis: Nebulizer treatments
- Dental care with a bleeding disorder
- Drinking liquids: Helpful hints for you and your child
- DualCap Solo use at home
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Electronic Health Records
(Spanish)
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End-of-Life Care for Children With Terminal Illness
(Spanish)
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Factor concentrate at home
(Spanish)
- Fecal pouch emptying
- G-Tube: Parents Talk (Video)
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Giving Teens a Voice in Health Care Decisions
(Spanish)
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Head injury with a bleeding disorder
(Spanish)
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If Your Child Has a Heart Defect
(Spanish)
- Ileostomy: Care at home
- Immunizations for children with a bleeding disorder
- Implanted port
- Implanted port: Care at home
- Inhalers
- Injections (subcutaneous)
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Is a Clinical Trial Right for Your Child?
(Spanish)
- Is My Child Too Sick to Go to School?
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Managing Home Health Care
(Spanish)
- Mobility changes: Helping Children Cope
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Mouth bleeding with a bleeding disorder
(Spanish)
- Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome
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Nasogastric tube feeding
(Spanish)
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Nebulizer
(Spanish)
- Neurocutaneous Syndromes
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Neurofibromatosis
(Spanish)
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Nosebleed treatment with a bleeding disorder
(Spanish)
- Occupational Therapy
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Oxygen safety at home
(Spanish)
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Palliative Care
(Spanish)
- Peripheral IV: Care at home
- Peripherally inserted central catheter: Care at home
- Physical Therapy
- Preventing falls at home
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Radiation Therapy
(Spanish)
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Sending Your Child With Special Needs to Camp
(Spanish)
- Sickle cell pain control
- Skin care for a child with limited mobility
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Speech-Language Therapy
(Spanish)
- Spina Bifida
- Suctioning
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Support for Parents of Kids With Special Needs
(Spanish)
- Taking Care of You: Support for Caregivers
- Tracheostomy: Parents Talk (Video)
- Urinary catheter (indwelling): Care at home
- Urinary catheter irrigation
- Vest therapy
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When Your Baby Has a Birth Defect
(Spanish)
- When Your Baby's in the NICU
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When Your Child's in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
(Spanish)
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Balancing Academics and Serious Illness
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Checkups
Articles- Sports Physicals
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When Your Child Outgrows Pediatric Care
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 1 Month
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 1 Year (12 Months)
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 1.5 Years (18 Months)
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 10 Years
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 11 Years
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 12 Years
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 13 Years
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 14 Years
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 15 Months
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 15 Years
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 16 Years
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 17 Years
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 18 Years
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 19 Years
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 2 Months
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 2 Years (24 Months)
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 2.5 Years (30 Months)
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 20 Years
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 21 Years
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 3 to 5 Days
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 3 Years
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 4 Months
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 4 Years
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 5 Years
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 6 Months
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 6 Years
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 7 Years
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 8 Years
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 9 Months
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: 9 Years
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkup: Newborn
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Checkups
(Spanish)
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Doctor & Hospital Visits
Articles-
Balancing Academics and Serious Illness
(Spanish)
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Chemotherapy
(Spanish)
- DualCap Solo use in the hospital
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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)
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Going to the Emergency Room
(Spanish)
- How Can The Affordable Care Act Help Kids?
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How to Find Affordable Health Care
(Spanish)
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How to Shop for Health Insurance
(Spanish)
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Is it a Medical Emergency?
(Spanish)
- Making Sense of Medical News
- Medical Cannabis: How it works at Children's
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Medical Care and Your 13- to 18-Year-Old
(Spanish)
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Medical Care and Your 2- to 3-Year-Old
(Spanish)
- Medical Care and Your 4- to 5-Year-Old
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Medical Care and Your 6- to 12-Year-Old
(Spanish)
- Pain in children and adolescents
- Pain in infants
- Patient/Parent/Legal Guardian Access to Medical Records
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Preparing Your Child for Visits to the Doctor
(Spanish)
- Pressure sores: Prevention
- Pressure Ulcer Prevention
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Radiation Therapy
(Spanish)
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The Medical Home
(Spanish)
- Tonsillectomy: Pain management at home
- What's a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine?
- What's a Nurse Practitioner?
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What's a Primary Care Physician (PCP)?
(Spanish)
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When Your Child Outgrows Pediatric Care
(Spanish)
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When Your Child's in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
(Spanish)
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Who's Who in the Hospital
(Spanish)
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Balancing Academics and Serious Illness
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Immunizations
Articles-
Do My Kids Need Vaccines Before Traveling?
(Spanish)
- Immunizations for children with a bleeding disorder
- Immunizations: Helping your baby
- Immunizations: Helping your child
- Vaccination information statements
- Vaccines & Antibiotics: A Safe Combo?
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Your Child's Immunizations
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Immunizations: Chickenpox Vaccine
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Immunizations: Diphtheria, Tetanus & Pertussis Vaccine (DTaP)
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Immunizations: Hepatitis A Vaccine (HepA)
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Immunizations: Hepatitis B Vaccine (HepB)
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Immunizations: Hib Vaccine
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Immunizations: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Immunizations: Measles, Mumps & Rubella Vaccine (MMR)
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Immunizations: Meningococcal Vaccines
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Immunizations: Pneumococcal Vaccines (PCV, PPSV)
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Immunizations: Polio Vaccine (IPV)
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Immunizations: Rotavirus Vaccine
(Spanish)
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Do My Kids Need Vaccines Before Traveling?
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Medical Procedures
Articles- Airborne and contact precautions
- Airborne precautions
- Antegrade continence enema (ACE): Irrigation
- Antegrade continence enema (ACE): Surgery
- Barium exam: Care at home
- Bladder augmentation
- Blood transfusion identification
- Blood transfusion information
- Blood Transfusion Information (Video)
- Blood transfusion: Care at home
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Blood Transfusions
(Spanish)
- Body cooling
- Bone scan
- Botulinum toxin for spasticity
- Bowel preparation in the hospital before surgery
- Bronchoscopy and/or Laryngoscopy: Discharge instructions
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Cardiac Catheterization
(Spanish)
- Cardiac catheterization: Care at home
- Cardiac stress test
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Cardiac surgery: Care at home (adolescent)
(Spanish)
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Cardiac surgery: Care at home (infant/child)
(Spanish)
- Cardiac surgery: Care in the Cardiovascular Care Center
- Cardiac telemetry
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Catheterizing a boy - intermittent
(Spanish)
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Catheterizing a girl - intermittent
(Spanish)
- Caudal block
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Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) Prevention
(Somali)
- Circumcision: Discharge instructions
- Cleft lip
- Cleft palate
- Cochlear implant: Discharge instructions
- Cold air challenge
- Colonoscopy: Care at home
- Comforting your baby during needle procedures
- Computed tomography (CT) scan
- Contact and droplet precautions
- Contact precautions
- Cystoscopy: Discharge instructions
- Deflux implant procedure
- Dental surgery: Discharge instructions
- Dialysis
- Directed blood donation
- Droplet precautions
- Eating and drinking before anesthesia or sedation
- EEG (electroencephalography) monitoring and safety on the Neuroscience Unit
- Electrocardiogram
- Electroencephalogram (ambulatory)
- Electroencephalogram (EEG)
- Electroencephalogram (video)
- Electroencephalogram instructions (ambulatory)
- Electromyogram (EMG) and nerve conduction study (NCS)
- Emergency mental health care
- Endocrine testing
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Endoscopy: Care at home
(Spanish)
- Enema
- Enteric precautions
- Epidural analgesia
- Foley catheter – Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI)
- Gastric empty scan
- Gastroesophageal reflux scan
- Helping children cope with medical procedures
- Intravenous therapy
- Laparoscopy
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Laryngoscopy
(Spanish)
- Laser treatment of the skin: Care at home
- Liver Biopsy
- Lumbar Puncture
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Memory monitor unit
- Methacholine challenge
- Mitrofanoff: Discharge instructions
- Nasal surgery
- Nephrostomy tube: Care at home
- Nerve block: Care at home
- Nissen fundoplication
- Orchiopexy: Discharge instructions
- Pacemaker: Care at home
- Peripherally inserted central catheter: Insertion information
- 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
- Radionuclide cystogram (RNC)
- Renal scan or DMSA scan
- Renogram
- Renogram with Lasix®
- Renogram with Vasotec®
- Safe patient handling
- Safe room care
- Sedation: Extended observation
- Skin biopsy (punch type)
- Stool sample collection at home
- Submaximal exercise test
- Sucrose 24% solution (TootSweet®)
- Tear duct probe: Discharge instructions
- Tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy (with a bleeding disorder)
- Tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy: Discharge instructions
- Tonsillectomy: information
- Tuberculosis skin test
- Ultrasound
- Upper gastrointestinal series
- Ureteral reimplant: Discharge instructions
- Urinary catheter (indwelling): Care at home
- Urinary catheter irrigation
- Urine collection (timed)
- Urodynamic studies
- Urostomy: Care at home
- Vaginoscopy
- Video Electroencephalogram (EEG): Inpatient
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Video fluoroscopic swallow
(Spanish)
- Voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) for boys
- Voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) for girls
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When Your Child Needs a Cast
(Spanish)
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When Your Child Needs a Liver Transplant
(Spanish)
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Medical Tests & Exams
Articles- A Directory of Medical Tests
- Airborne and contact precautions
- Airborne precautions
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All About Genetics
(Spanish)
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Aspiration and Biopsy: Bone Marrow
(Spanish)
- Barium exam: Care at home
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Biopsy
(Spanish)
- Blood Culture
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Blood Test: 17-Hydroxyprogesterone
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT, or SGPT)
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Allergen-Specific Immunoglobulin E (IgE)
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Amylase
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST, or SGOT)
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Basic Metabolic Panel (BMP)
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Bilirubin
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: C-Peptide
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: C-Reactive Protein (CRP)
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Complete Blood Count
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP)
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Dehydroepiandrosterone-Sulfate (DHEA-S)
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Estradiol
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Factor VIII Activity
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Ferritin (Iron)
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH)
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Gamma-Glutamyl Transpeptidase (GGT)
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Gliadin Antibodies
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Glucose
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Hemoglobin
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Hemoglobin A1c
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Hemoglobin Electrophoresis
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Hepatic (Liver) Function Panel
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: IGF Binding Protein-3 (IGFBP-3)
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Immunoglobulin A (IgA)
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Immunoglobulin E (IgE)
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Immunoglobulins (IgA, IgG, IgM)
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Insulin
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH)
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Lead
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Lipase
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Lipid Panel
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Luteinizing Hormone (LH)
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Magnesium
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT)
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Phosphorus
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Prolactin
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Prothrombin Time (PT)
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Reticulocyte Count
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Somatomedin C (IGF-1)
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: T3 Resin Uptake (T3RU)
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: T3 Total (Triiodothyronine)
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: T4 (Thyroxine)
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Testosterone
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Thyroglobulin Antibodies (TgAb)
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Tissue Transglutaminase IgA, IgG
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Uric Acid
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: Valproic Acid
(Spanish)
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Blood Test: von Willebrand Factor (vWF) Activity - Ristocetin Cofactor
(Spanish)
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Bone marrow test: Care at home
(Spanish)
- Bone scan
- Botulinum toxin for spasticity
- Bronchoscopy and/or Laryngoscopy: Discharge instructions
- Cardiac catheterization: Care at home
- Cardiac stress test
- Cardiac telemetry
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CAT Scan: Abdomen
(Spanish)
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CAT Scan: Chest
(Spanish)
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CAT Scan: Head
(Spanish)
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CAT Scan: Neck
(Spanish)
- Cold air challenge
- Colonoscopy: Care at home
- Computed tomography (CT) scan
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Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Chloride Sweat Test
(Spanish)
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Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Respiratory Screen: Sputum
(Spanish)
- Cystoscopy: Discharge instructions
- Dialysis
- Droplet precautions
- Eating and drinking before anesthesia or sedation
- EEG (electroencephalography) monitoring and safety on the Neuroscience Unit
- Electrocardiogram
- Electroencephalogram (ambulatory)
- Electroencephalogram (EEG)
- Electroencephalogram (video)
- Electroencephalogram instructions (ambulatory)
- Electromyogram (EMG) and nerve conduction study (NCS)
- EMG (Electromyogram)
- Endocrine testing
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Endoscopy: Care at home
(Spanish)
- Enema
- Enteric precautions
- Gastric empty scan
- Gastroesophageal reflux scan
- Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR)
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Hearing Evaluation in Children
(Spanish)
- Helping children cope with medical procedures
- Immunizations: Helping your baby
- Intravenous therapy
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Joint Aspiration (Arthrocentesis)
(Spanish)
- Lumbar Puncture
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Lumbar Puncture (Spinal Tap)
(Spanish)
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Methacholine challenge
- MIBG Scan
- Nerve block: Care at home
- Pneumogram
- Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan
- Pregnancy testing before a procedure
- Pulmonary function test
- Radionuclide cystogram (RNC)
- Renal scan or DMSA scan
- Renogram
- Renogram with Lasix®
- Renogram with Vasotec®
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Retinopathy of prematurity
(Spanish)
- Sedation: Extended observation
- Skin biopsy (punch type)
- Stool sample collection at home
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Stool Tests
(Spanish)
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Strep Test: Throat Culture
(Spanish)
- Submaximal exercise test
- Sucrose 24% solution (TootSweet®)
- Tuberculosis skin test
- Ultrasound
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Ultrasound: Abdomen
(Spanish)
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Ultrasound: Bladder
(Spanish)
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Ultrasound: Head
(Spanish)
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Ultrasound: Infant Hip
(Spanish)
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Ultrasound: Pelvis
(Spanish)
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Ultrasound: Renal (Kidneys, Ureters, Bladder)
(Spanish)
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Ultrasound: Scrotum
(Spanish)
- Upper gastrointestinal series
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Urine collection (first morning)
(Spanish)
- Urine collection (timed)
- Urodynamic studies
- Video Electroencephalogram (EEG): Inpatient
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Video fluoroscopic swallow
(Spanish)
- Video Urodynamic Study
- Voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) for boys
- Voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG) for girls
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Wound Drainage Culture
(Spanish)
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X-Ray Exam: Abdomen
(Spanish)
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X-Ray Exam: Ankle
(Spanish)
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X-Ray Exam: Bone Age Study
(Spanish)
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X-Ray Exam: Cervical Spine
(Spanish)
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X-Ray Exam: Chest
(Spanish)
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X-Ray Exam: Elbow
(Spanish)
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X-Ray Exam: Femur (Upper Leg)
(Spanish)
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X-Ray Exam: Finger
(Spanish)
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X-Ray Exam: Foot
(Spanish)
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X-Ray Exam: Forearm
(Spanish)
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X-Ray Exam: Hand
(Spanish)
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X-Ray Exam: Hip
(Spanish)
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X-Ray Exam: Humerus (Upper Arm)
(Spanish)
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X-Ray Exam: Knee
(Spanish)
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X-Ray Exam: Leg Length
(Spanish)
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X-Ray Exam: Lower Leg (Tibia and Fibula)
(Spanish)
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X-Ray Exam: Neck
(Spanish)
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X-Ray Exam: Pelvis
(Spanish)
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X-Ray Exam: Scoliosis
(Spanish)
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X-Ray Exam: Upper Gastrointestinal Tract (Upper GI)
(Spanish)
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X-Ray Exam: Voiding Cystourethrogram (VCUG)
(Spanish)
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X-Ray Exam: Wrist
(Spanish)
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Your Child's Vision
(Spanish)
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Your Daughter's First Gynecology Visit
(Spanish)
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Medicine
Articles- ACTH for infantile spasms
- Aldesleukin (Interleukin-2, Proleukin)
- Alemtuzumab (Campath)
- Alpha interferon
- Amifostine (Ethyol)
- Aminocaproic acid (Amicar)
- Amiodarone (Cordarone)
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Anesthetic cream: 4% Lidocaine (LMX4, Curacaine, Anacream)
(Spanish)
- Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs)
- Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors
- Anticoagulants: Treatment of blood clots
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Asparaginase (Elspar, Erwinase)
(Spanish)
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Aspirin
(Spanish)
- Atomoxetine (Strattera)
- Atypical antipsychotics
- Behavior regulators
- Beta blockers
- Bevacizumab (Avastin)
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Bleomycin (Blenoxane)
(Spanish)
- Blinatumomab (Blincyto)
- Bortezomib (Velcade)
- Brentuximab (Adcetris)
- Bupropion (Wellbutrin)
- Buspirone (Buspar)
- Caffeine (Cafcit)
- Calcium channel blockers
- CAR T cell infusion
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Carboplatin (Paraplatin, CBDCA)
(Spanish)
- Carfilzomib (Kyprolis)
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Carmustine (BiCNU, BCNU)
(Spanish)
- Caudal block
- Celecoxib
- Cephalosporin antibiotics (IV or IM)
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Chemotherapy
(Spanish)
- Chemotherapy (outpatient): cyclophosphamide
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Chemotherapy at home by IV push
(Spanish)
- Ciprofloxacin (Cipro)
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Cisplatin (Platinol, CDPP)
(Spanish)
- Clofarabine (Clolar)
- Clonidine (Catapres)
- Clopidogrel (Plavix)
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine
(Spanish)
- Corticosteroids (inhaled)
- Corticosteroids for asthma (oral)
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Corticosteroids for chemotherapy
(Spanish)
- Corticosteroids for immune disorders
- Coumadin/Warfarin (Video)
- Crizotinib (Xalkori)
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Cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan)
(Spanish)
- Cyclosporine
- Cystic fibrosis medicines
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Cytarabine (Ara-C, Cytosar-U)
(Spanish)
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Dacarbazine (DTIC, DIC, imidazole carboxamide)
(Spanish)
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Dactinomycin (Actinomycin-D, AMD, Cosmegen)
(Spanish)
- Dalteparin (Fragmin)
- Dasatinib (Sprycel)
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Daunorubicin (Daunomycin, Cerubidine)
(Spanish)
- Deferoxamine (Desferal)
- Desmopressin (DDAVP) for bedwetting
- Desmopressin (DDAVP) for bleeding disorders
- Desmopressin (DDAVP) for diabetes insipidus
- Desmopressin (Stimate)
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Dexrazoxane (Zinecard)
(Spanish)
- Diazepam (Valium), rectal gel
- Digoxin (Lanoxin)
- Dinutuximab (Unituxin)
- Diuretics (Thiazide-type)
- Dornase Alfa (Pulmozyme)
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Doxorubicin (Adriamycin, adria, ADR, DOXO)
(Spanish)
- DualCap Solo use at home
- DualCap Solo use in the hospital
- Ear drops
- Enoxaparin (Lovenox)
- Epidural analgesia
- Erythropoietin
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Etoposide (VP-16, VePesid)
(Spanish)
- Eye drops
- Eye ointment
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Factor concentrate at home
(Spanish)
- Factor V Leiden
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Fludarabine (Fludara)
(Spanish)
- Fludrocortisone (Florinef)
- Fluorouracil (Adrucil)
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Frequently Asked Questions About Immunizations
(Spanish)
- Furosemide (Lasix) or Bumetanide (Bumex)
- Ganitumab (AMG 479)
- Gemcitabine (Gemzar)
- Gemtuzumab (Mylotarg)
- Glembatumumab Vedotin (CDX-011)
- Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate
- Granisetron (Kytril)
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Granulocyte stimulating factor (Neupogen, filgrastim)
(Spanish)
- Guanfacine (Tenex, Intuniv)
- H-2 blockers
- Hormone therapy for young women
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How to Safely Give Acetaminophen
(Spanish)
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How to Safely Give Ibuprofen
(Spanish)
- Hydroxyurea (Hydrea)
- Hypertonic Saline (HTS) Nebulization
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Idarubicin (Idamycin)
(Spanish)
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Ifosfamide (Ifex)
(Spanish)
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Imatinib (Gleevec)
(Spanish)
- Immune globulin
- Immunizations: Care at home
- Implanted port
- Implanted Port Access (Video)
- Implanted Port Access - Spanish (Video)
- Infiltration and extravasation care
- Infliximab (Remicade)
- Inhalers
- Insuflon (indwelling subcutaneous catheter)
- Intramuscular Immune Globulin (IMIG)
- Intravenous therapy
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Irinotecan (Camptosar)
(Spanish)
- IV medicines - preparing at home
- Lactobacillus (Probiotics)
- Lenalidomide (Revlimid)
- Leucovorin (Citrovorum factor, Folinic acid)
- Leukotriene receptor antagonists
- Lithium
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Lomustine (CCNU, CeeNu)
(Spanish)
- Lorvotuzumab (IMGN901)
- Medication tapers
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Medications: Using Them Safely
(Spanish)
- 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)
- Melphalan (Alkeran)
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Mercaptopurine (Purinethol)
(Spanish)
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Mesna (Mesnex)
(Spanish)
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Methotrexate (for chemotherapy)
(Spanish)
- Methotrexate (for immune disorders)
- Metoclopramide (Reglan)
- Mineral oil for ear cleaning
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Mitoxantrone (Novoantrone)
(Spanish)
- Nexplanon®
- Nitric Oxide (inhaled)
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Nitrous oxide for sedation
(Spanish)
- Olanzapine (Zyprexa)
- Ondansetron (Zofran)
- Patient-controlled analgesia
- Pazopanib (Votrient)
- Pegaspargase (Oncaspar)
- Pembrolizumab (Keytruda)
- Pentamidine (Pentam)
- Peripherally inserted central catheter: Care at home
- Phenobarbital
- Phenytoin (Dilantin)
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Procarbazine (Matulane)
(Spanish)
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Propofol (Diprivan) for sedation
(Spanish)
- Propranolol for hemangioma
- Proton-pump inhibitors
- Radiation treatment: Managing side effects
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Retinoic acid (for cancer therapy)
(Spanish)
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Reye Syndrome
(Spanish)
- Risperidone (Risperdal)
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Rituximab (Rituxan)
(Spanish)
- Ruxolitinib (Jakafi)
- Safe handling of hazardous drugs
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Sedation for a procedure
(Spanish)
- Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors
- Sorafenib (Nexavar)
- Spironolactone (Aldactone)
- Stimulants for attention disorders
- Surfactant
- Synagis (palivizumab)
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Talking to the Pharmacist
(Spanish)
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Temozolomide (Temodar)
(Spanish)
- Temsirolimus (Torisel)
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Thalidomide (Thalomid)
(Spanish)
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Thioguanine
(Spanish)
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Thiotepa (TESPA,TSPA)
(Spanish)
- Tobramycin (TOBI)
- Topotecan (Hycamtin)
- Tranexamic acid (Cyklokapron)
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Trastuzumab (Herceptin)
(Spanish)
- Trazodone (Oleptro, Desyrel)
- Vinblastine (Velban)
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Vincristine (Oncovin)
(Spanish)
- Vinorelbine (Navelbine)
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Vitamin D
(Spanish)
- Vorinostat (Zolinza)
- Warfarin (Coumadin)
- Win Rho
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Resources for Parents
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)
- Cleft Palate - Infant Feeding
- Dental care with a bleeding disorder
- Drinking liquids: Helpful hints for you and your child
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Electronic Health Records
(Spanish)
- Gastroesophageal reflux - Danny Sling video
- Helping children cope with medical procedures
- How Can The Affordable Care Act Help Kids?
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How to Find Affordable Health Care
(Spanish)
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How to Shop for Health Insurance
(Spanish)
- Implanted port
- Infant behavior cues
- Injections (intramuscular)
- Medical Cannabis: How it works at Children's
- Memory monitor unit
- Mobility changes: Helping Children Cope
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Nosebleed treatment with a bleeding disorder
(Spanish)
- Oncology caregiver education tool
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Oxygen safety at home
(Spanish)
- Pain in children and adolescents
- Pain in infants
- Patient/Parent/Legal Guardian Access to Medical Records
- Peak flow meter
- Peripheral IV: Care at home
- Peripherally inserted central catheter: Care at home
- Pouch change: One piece
- Pouch change: Two piece (using Newborn® pouch and wafer)
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Preparing Your Child for Anesthesia
(Spanish)
- Sickle cell pain control
- Taking Care of You: Support for Caregivers
- Tonsillectomy: Pain management at home
- U.S. Poison Control Centers
- Urostomy: Care at home
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When Your Child's in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
(Spanish)
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Surgical Conditions
Articles- Adenoidectomy information
- Adult Mobilization (Video)
- Brain Surgery for Epilepsy
- Cardiac Surgery Care at Home - Activity Limitations and Lift (Video)
- Cardiac Surgery Care at Home - Incision (Video)
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Cleft Lip and Palate
(Spanish)
-
Cochlear Implants
(Spanish)
- Colostomy: Care at Home
- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia: Care at home
- Craniosynostosis
- Double diapering
- Ear tubes: Information
- Eating and drinking before anesthesia or sedation
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Endoscopy: Care at home
(Spanish)
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Enlarged Adenoids
(Spanish)
- Fecal pouch emptying
- Gastroschisis
- Hernia and/or hydrocele
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Hypospadias: Discharge instructions
(Spanish)
- Ileostomy: Care at home
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Intussusception
(Spanish)
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Middle Ear Infections and Ear Tube Surgery
(Spanish)
- Pouch change: One piece
- Pouch change: Two piece (using Newborn® pouch and wafer)
- Pyloric stenosis
- Sedation: Extended observation
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Stem Cell Transplants
(Spanish)
- Surgical Site Infections
- Tonsillectomy: information
- Tracheoesophageal fistula
- Urostomy: Care at home
- Vesicoureteral reflux
- What Is "Minimally Invasive" Surgery?
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When Your Child Needs a Heart Transplant
(Spanish)
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When Your Child Has Surgery
Articles- Anesthesia: Questions and answers
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Blood Transfusions
(Spanish)
- Brain Surgery for Epilepsy
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Can Anesthesia Hurt Brain Development?
(Spanish)
- CHG bath 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate cloths
- Deflux implant procedure
- Double diapering
- G-Tube: Parents Talk (Video)
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Laryngoscopy
(Spanish)
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Preparing Your Child for Anesthesia
(Spanish)
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Preparing Your Child for Surgery
(Spanish)
- Tonsillectomy: Pain management at home
- Tracheostomy: Parents Talk (Video)
- Tracheostomy: Pre-operative information
- What Is "Minimally Invasive" Surgery?
- What Is Elective Surgery?
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When Your Child Needs a Heart Transplant
(Spanish)
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When Your Child Needs a Liver Transplant
(Spanish)
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When Your Child's in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
(Spanish)