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A minimum of 1 mL CSF taken into a 30 mL Universal (tap #4 preferred) (approximately 25 drops from the Luer connector on the needle)

This form will provide the Private Patient team with the information necessary to charge patients for private treatment at the hospital (e.g. details of how payment will be made) and other details that will allow us to register private patients for private treatment.

This page has been produced to answer the most commonly asked questions about HPV (Human Papilloma Virus).

This page answers the commonly asked questions that parents have about their child’s angiography procedure.

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We are sorry that you have had a miscarriage. To help you get through this difficult time, you should have already received information about different treatment options. This page gives you information about a surgical option called Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA), which can be done using local anaesthesia. It also explains the possible risks and benefits of the procedure and what to expect during and after discharge.

Organ and tissue donation is when you decide to give an organ or tissue to save or transform the life of someone else. You can donate some organs and tissue while you are alive, and this is called living organ and tissue donation. However, most organ and tissue donations come from people who have died.

As with most tumour markers there is a high incidence of false positive and false negative results; HCG is most appropriately used in monitoring disease progression or effectiveness of treatment once diagnosis of the tumour has been made and serum concentrations have been shown to be high prior to treatment.

This page provides information about pioglitazone medication and its use, including side effects. It has been suggested that you try pioglitazone because it is considered an important part of the treatment for many types of hair and scalp disorders including lichen planopilaris and frontal fibrosing alopecia.

This leaflet will help you understand what will happen if you need to come to hospital because you have coronavirus (COVID-19).

Deficiency of the enzyme alpha-galactosidase, results in Fabry's disease, an X-linked, recessive, lysosomal storage disease, also known as Anderson-Fabry disease.

This page gives you information about what to expect when leaving the Emergency Department after having had sedation. You have been given a sedative medication to assist with your procedure. You may experience a short period of memory loss during the time the sedation is effective. This medication may also impair your judgment for up to 24 hours. Sedation is safe with very few side effects but most patients have feelings of tiredness afterwards. Some people may believe they are fine and unaffected by the medication but their reactions will be slower. This is similar to how some people may feel after having alcohol.

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ESR tube (Trisodium Citrate)

This page gives you information about autonomic blocks and the side effects associated with the treatment.

Procalcitonin (PCT) is the precursor of the hormone calcitonin, which in normal metabolic conditions is mainly produced by the C‐cells of the thyroid medulla and to a lesser extent by other neuroendocrine cells. The blood of healthy individuals contains only very low levels of PCT.

This page gives you advice on how to care for your PEG feeding tube and the stoma site during and after the healing process.

This page gives you information about nasal douching, when to use it and how to make up a saline solution.