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… North Bristol NHS Trust has 30 years experience in caring for patients having home haemodialysis treatment. … families. Patients have improved health and quality of life outcomes and it enables them to participate fully in … control, reduced medication and the ability to live a more normal life Flexibility of when and how often to …
… Acute Stroke Unit If you need to stay in hospital beyond a few days, you may move from the Hyper … partners, including the Integrated Community Stroke Service (ICSS) and the Stroke Sub-Acute Rehab Units (SSARUs) …
… Skin grafts and donor sites following a burn injury Information for patients who have had a skin … three months after you have healed. The scar management service will closely monitor this and provide appropriate … moisturising cream or simple emollients as least twice a day to keep the area supple. This is only usually kept up for …
… Intravenous Injection (IV) of Iron Information for patients If you have any questions … or where iron stores need to be built up quickly e.g. in preparation for an operation. Anaemia, with the associated risk of a blood transfusion during/after an operation, is associated …
… is for patients whose doctor has requested they have a liver biopsy. We hope the following information will answer … biopsy helps to assess and diagnose the problem, if any, in your liver. This helps your doctor to make a correct … we will need to identify alternative arrangements. On the day of the procedure: You should eat nothing for six hours …
… Chest drain What is a chest drain? A chest drain is a narrow tube that is inserted between the ribs and sits in the space between the lung and the chest wall. This space … pus has collected in the pleural space. The external end of the chest drain tube is attached to a bottle which acts as …
… injection (block) Your doctor has requested that you have a cervical nerve root block. We hope the following … root block? Cervical nerve roots leave the spinal cord in the neck and become nerves that travel down your arm. … the department before attending the appointment. On the day of the procedure: You will arrive at Gate 19 and a member …
… is for patients whose doctor has requested you have a nasogastric/nasojejunal tube inserted. What is a … feeding tube placed through the nose, but it is positioned in the small bowel beyond stomach (the jejunum). These … risks? NG/ NJ tube insertion is a safe procedure. On the day of the procedure Please inform us if you are allergic to …
… Gynae Oncology team at North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) are a team who are experienced in providing comprehensive, specialist services of … of referral, until you are either discharged from our service or your care has been taken over by the …