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by Rebecca Draper
by Jim Moriarty
Management of bleeding in adult patients taking oral anticoagulants (e.g. apixaban, dabigatran, edoxaban, rivaroxaban, warfarin). Includes guidance on DOAC reversal agents (e.g. andexanet alfa, idarucizumab, Octaplex).
Advice for patients with COPD who are worried about coronavirus, including how to use your rescue pack.
This month's Board Meeting took place on the 25 November 2016, chaired by Peter Lachecki in the Lecture Hall, Redwood Education Centre, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.
This month's Board Meeting took place on the 26 May 2017, chaired by Peter Lachecki in the Lecture Hall, Sandford Education Centre, Keynsham Road, Cheltenham.
This page gives you information on care following your therapeutic gastroscopy including banding of varices/endoscopic dilatation.
Clotted blood. (No patient preparation or special handling required)
This page gives you information about receiving propofol sedation while having your endoscopic procedure. You will be given separate information about the procedure you are having, including details of any preparation needed.
As part of your treatment, you may have been advised to follow a low fibre diet. This might be while you are waiting for surgery, undergoing chemotherapy, to reduce the risk of your bowel becoming blocked or to improve symptoms such as pain or cramping. The information on this page is designed to help you follow a low fibre diet. You should only follow a low fibre diet if your medical team have advised you to do so.
2ml or 4ml EDTA sample
This leaflet gives you information on care following your gastroscopy and Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA) or Endoscopic mucosal Resection (EMR).
This page is for mothers who are breastfeeding their babies and have been given an intravenous contrast agent injection as part of a CT (Computed Tomography) or an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scan. Breastfeeding mothers of premature babies should follow the advice given to them by their medical team.
This page provides information on Varenicline.
Our lab staff perform tests on tissues and fluids to help with diagnosis and treatment. Our pathology staff also provide blood tests at our hospitals and in the community.
Let’s Get Creative Together!
Serum - paired samples not required
Thanks to your support, a state-of-the-art ECG (electrocardiogram) machine is helping patients at our Trauma and Orthopaedics Department.