Industrial action 27 June to 2 July 2024 - unless we contact you, please attend any appointments as planned.
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Patient Information Leaflets
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Re-introducing foods
Advice on re-introducing foods to your child following a negative test result as directed by the Paediatric Allergy Team
Realignment of nose fractures in children
Aims to answer some of the questions that you or your child may have about their operation to manipulate nasal bones that are out of place
Reconstituting medicine for children at home
For parents or carers whose child requires medicine for a short period of time - explains how to reconstitute the bottle of medicine you have been given
Removing your child's cannula
Instructions explain how to safely remove a cannula used to give your child medication or fluids
Removing your child's K-wires in the Orthopaedic Outpatient Department
Uutlines what to expect when you attend the Orthopaedic Outpatient (Fracture) Clinic to have your child’s “K” wires removed
Renogram scan for children
A nuclear medicine scan of the kidneys to see how well each kidney is working, and whether urine passes from the kidneys down to the bladder without obstruction
Routine pregnancy testing for young women
Explains why all female patients who are 12 years old or above have a routine pregnancy test before some procedures
Salicylates (children)
Outlines the food traffic light system for children who are sensitive to salicylates
Screening for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)
For parents and carers of all babies less than 32-weeks gestational age or birth weight under 1501 grams (3lb)) - explains what ROP is and how and why we screen for it
Sedation - Discharge advice for parents and carers
Aims to answer some of the questions that you/ your child may have about their sedation
Sedation aftercare advice for children
Advice for parents and carers of children who have had sedation in the Emergency Department (A&E)
Sedation in children and young people
Explains what it means to be sedated and what the risks involved are
SEND -Taking a child with special educational needs or a disability to hospital
Guide for parents and carers written in co-production with three parent/carer forums in the west of Berkshire
Serial casting
Explains what to expect when you bring your child in to the Plaster Room for serial casting to treat tiptoe walking
Sever's apophysitis of the heel
Answers some questions about an inflammation of the growing area of the heel bone and its treatment
Sick Day Rules for children with adrenal insufficiency
Guidance on what to do if your child with adrenal insufficiency is unwell
Sick Day Rules for children with diabetes an a 2 or 3 times daily insulin regime
Outlines ‘Sick Day Rules’ for children with diabetes who are on two or three times daily insulin regimes and their family
Sick Day Rules for children with diabetes an a basal bolus regime
Outlines ‘Sick Day Rules’ for children with diabetes who are on basal bolus regime and their family
Sick Day Rules for children with diabetes on an insulin pumps
Outlines ‘Sick Day Rules’ for children with diabetes who are on insulin pumps and their family
Sinding-Larsen Johansson condition
Aims to answer some of the questions that you or your child may have about Sinding-Larsen Johansson Condition - which causes knee pain in children before or around the teenage years (ages 10-15)