Discharge Instructions for Open Gallbladder Removal Surgery (Cholecystectomy)
Learn about guidelines for home care after an open cholecystectomy.
Learn about guidelines for home care after an open cholecystectomy.
Deep breathing helps keep your lungs clear. If you've had surgery, this will help you get better faster. Deep breathing also helps you breathe easier and may prevent a lung infection.
Deep coughing helps keep your lungs clear. If you've had surgery, this will help you get better faster. It also helps you breathe easier and may prevent a lung infection. Follow these steps to do deep coughing.
Your child will be going home from the hospital with a plaster cast in place. A cast helps your child’s body heal. A damaged cast can prevent the injury from healing well. Take good care of your child’s cast.
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.