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The Stroke Unit at The Vale is now on its way to becoming a centre of excellence where patients receive high quality evidenced-based treatment.
This page gives you information on care following your gastroscopy.
Sample requirements If patient on high dose biotin therapy (>5mg/day) collect sample at least 8 hours after the last dose Requests for procalcitonin always
If you or your baby needs ongoing postnatal support this will be provided on the Maternity Ward at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.
Candida (oral thrush) typically causes creamy white patches which look like ‘cotton wool’ or cottage cheese in your mouth and on your tongue.
Read more about Hepatitis C on the NHS website
Secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with end-stage renal disease on maintenance dialysis therapy, as per NICE TA117 Primary hyperparathyroidism if
You will then be made comfortable on a couch, lying on your front with your head to one side.
fewer women (74%) reported being provided with feeding advice, which was addressed in part at the end of last year with a new infant feeding section on
The knee has 2 wedge-shaped cartilages, one on each side of the knee. Each of these segments is called a 'meniscus'.
The type of surgery is dependent on the nature of the fracture and may involve either pins (K-wires) to stabilise the bones (which often require removal
Not care as such, but I'm being watched on 2 fronts with my rheumatology consultant and research nurse.”
Information based on ‘Reference Laboratories used by Haematology’ HAGNG 080C Issue 1.7, 22/10/14
If we are trying to rule out an upper limb DVT the sonographer will scan your neck, upper chest and whole arm on the affected side.
If a cancer grows or spreads into the spine or grows around the spine, it can put pressure on the spinal cord.
Complicated gastroesophageal reflux disease (GORD) e.g. stricture Patients requiring maintenance doses of PPI should continue on the lowest dose that
Add-on treatment for angina where heart rate or blood pressure prevents up-titration of other agents.
Drug treatments (other than generically available phosphodiesterase type-5 inhibitor sildenafil) for erectile dysfunction may not be prescribed on the
Your child will need their usual sleep routine and for the first couple of nights you should check on them regularly.