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Patient Information Leaflets
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What happens when baby needs an exchange blood transfusion
Information for parents and carers of babies who need an exchange blood transfusion on Buscot Ward
What is a PEG tube?
Information for those considering using a PEG (Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy) tube to assist in feeding.
What is a squint?
Explains what a squint is, how it affects vision and what the treatment or management options are
What to expect at your Fertility clinic visit
Information on what will happen when you enter our service and what you as a couple can do to optimise your chances of getting pregnant.
What to expect on your stay on the Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU)
What to expect when you stay on the Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU) – also known as ‘Recovery’
What to expect when someone is dying
Information for relatives, friends and carers about some of the typical features of the process of dying
What to get ready for your birth experience
This list was created by Royal Berkshire Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnership (MNVP) with input from parents who have given birth at the RBH maternity unit.
Wheeze management
Advice for parents/carers of children who have been assessed in the Children’s Accident and Emergency Department or admitted to the paediatric ward with a wheeze
Which weight loss operation is right for me?
Explains the options and factors you will need to consider in order to decide the right choice of operation for you
Whitley Ward
Aims to answer some of the questions you may have about your (or your relative’s) stay on Whitley Ward
Whooping cough
For parents and carers of children with whooping cough - explains what the condition is, how it will affect your child and how the infection is treated
Why do I need to see a specialist in the next two weeks?
Outlines the referral into the urgent two week suspected cancer pathway
Why have I been referred for a fetal medicine scan?
You have attended the Maternity Ultrasound today for a routine scan. This might have been a dating, a ‘combined screening’, 20 week ‘anomaly’ or a growth scan. The sonographer (ultrasound technician) has either not been able to check all the details required to be seen or has identified that there ‘may’ be a possibility of an abnormality with the pregnancy, for which we offer a scan review by a specialist fetal medicine doctor.
Wide local excision - What is it and why do I need it?
Information for patients who have had plastic and reconstructive surgery
Wide local excision (WLE) of a breast lump
Explains operation to remove a lump in the breast with some surrounding healthy breast tissue
Will I Need A Blood Transfusion?
Information from the National Blood Transfusion service about receiving a blood transfusion.
Wire guided excision biopsy of the breast
Explains what happens during a wire-guided excision biopsy of an abnormality identified on your mammogram or ultrasound scan
Wireless capsule endoscopy
Information about an investigation of your small bowel using wireless capsule endoscopy
Wisdom teeth removal
Explains possible forthcoming treatment and contains answers to many of the commonly asked questions
Womb Cancer: Self directed follow up
This leaflet is for women who have received treatment for womb/endometrial cancer. It explains how follow-up appointments are changing.