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(No patient preparation or special handling required) Adult 5ml Gold-top SST tube or 3.5ml Rust-top gel tube (Trust users only) Paediatric 1ml serum Sample
or smoke.
drinks or no added sugar drinks.
This dressing must be changed daily or more often if wet.
If you experience pain and vomiting or you are unable to pass wind or stool, please attend the nearest Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department.
Dry eye is sometimes called ‘dry eye syndrome’ or ‘dry eye disease’.
Flag Flag, or place an ‘alert’ in a person’s electronic health record and on their file so it is clear that they have information or communication needs
Blanket request for IgE testing or food allergies will not be processed.
For ethylene glycol/methanol or paraquat overdose please refer to individual web pages.
secondary (e.g. due to excessive intake of oxalate or its precursors, or due to gastrointestinal disease associated with fat malabsorption).
If specialist coagulation tests are requested, one or more aliquots may be frozen until analysis (or up to two months) at between -15 and -40°C.
This is made by the doctor who the child or young person has seen.
For more information, please visit: Macmillan or Cancer Research Alternatively, you can discuss this with your CNS or the FOCUS team.
The main risks of having an enteroscopy are: damage to teeth or bridgework. perforation or tear of the linings of the oesophagus, stomach or small bowel
Scar tissue or adhesions from previous abdominal surgery such as a caesarean section or appendicectomy.
You may find that your skin is very dry and scaly or cracked or you may have moisture coming through the skin (exudate).
You should: contact the PD Team or Ward 7b if you begin to feel unwell or have any concerns. contact the PD Team at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital if any
You have a cough, cold or chest infection. You have a urinary tract infection. You have a skin infection or a broken, sore area of skin.