Aspiration is when something enters your airway or lungs by accident. It may be food, liquid, or some other material. This can cause serious health problems. Aspiration can happen when you have trouble swallowing normally. This is called dysphagia. Read on to learn more.

A nuclear medicine scan is a type of imaging test. It's done to help diagnose and treat a number of diseases. This type of test uses small amounts of radioactive matter.

Endovascular repair is a type of treatment for an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). An AAA is a bulge in the wall of the large artery below your heart.

Infective endocarditis is an infection of the lining of the heart (endocardium) or the valves of the heart. The infection is most often from some type of bacteria.

Delirium is a sudden change in a person's mental state that fluctuates over short periods of time. Read on to learn more.

You've just had a urostomy to provide a new way for urine to drain from your body. Follow the tips on this sheet to learn how to stay healthy and help prevent problems.

After a urostomy, you'll have to care for your stoma and the skin around it. Here is information for checking, cleaning, and protecting your stoma.

Urostomy is surgery that provides a new way for the body to get rid of urine (waste fluid). It's done when the bladder is diseased or damaged. During the surgery, the surgeon brings part of the urinary tract or some of the digestive tract through the abdominal wall. Learn about the different ways a urostomy can be done.

You're scheduled to have nasal surgery to improve the way your nose looks. Here's what you can expect from this type of procedure.

This surgery fixes a blockage caused when the turbinates in your nose are too large.