Discharge Instructions: Pin Care
You are going home with pins in place. These pins are holding a broken or dislocated bone in place. Here's what you need to know about home care.
You are going home with pins in place. These pins are holding a broken or dislocated bone in place. Here's what you need to know about home care.
Follow these step-by-step instructions for the pendulum exercise. This stretching exercise for your shoulder can improve flexibility, increase range of motion, and reduce pain.
If you have a weak immune system, you may be told to eat a low-bacteria or neutropenic diet. Follow these tips.
You have been diagnosed with myasthenia gravis. This disease affects how nerve impulses are sent to the muscles. This causes the muscles to become weak. Here’s what you can do to help yourself feel better.
Certain conditions can make it necessary to limit the amount of fluids you drink. This sheet can help you take in the right amount of fluid each day.
You have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease of the brain, the spinal cord, or both. MS involves the destruction of the covering of the nerves (myelin sheath). When the nerves are damaged, messages from the brain are not transmitted very well. Here are some things you can do to feel better.
You had a surgical procedure called an open lung or pulmonary lobectomy. This is the removal of a section (lobe) of one of your lungs. Here are instructions to help you care for yourself at home.
A liver biopsy is ordered after other tests have shown that your liver is not working correctly. You may also have a liver biopsy when liver disease is suspected to determine whether there is too much iron in the liver or to rule out cancer.
You had a procedure in which your varicose veins were surgically removed. Here's what you can do following surgery to help with your recovery.
During the laser prostatectomy, all or part of your prostate gland was removed. Here are some instructions to help you care for yourself once you are back home.