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This page gives you information and advice about how to manage the effects of fatigue after a brain injury.

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

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.

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

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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.

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 page gives you information about the procedure known as an Abdomino Perineal Excision of Rectum (APER). It explains what the procedure involves and also some of the common complications related to it.

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.

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.

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You may be offered a colposcopy if your cervical screening (smear test) finds abnormal cells in your cervix. Cervical screening is a way of preventing cancer by detecting and treating abnormalities early.

Blood Transfusion

Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF) cell count, microscopy & culture

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This page is a guide to Endovascular Aneurysm Repair surgery and should help to answer some of the questions you may have.

The information on this page is for patients having a bladder tumour removed by a Trans Urethral Resection of Bladder Tumour (TURBT) operation.

This page provides answers to some questions that you may have about the Neonatal and Maternal Mortality (Perinatal) Reviews published in September 2025