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This handout lists the symptoms of early pregnancy, such as feeling tired, breast discomfort, urinating often, headaches, vision changes, heartburn, nausea, and vomiting. It gives self-care tips to help manage the discomfort and activities to avoid.

This handout defines common medical terms that are used during pregnancy and birth. This document is a chapter in the birth book "Pregnancy and Giving Birth."

This handout lists five tests that are commonly given during labor and delivery. It explains what each test is looking for and what the results may mean.

This handout lists tests that may be done during pregnancy. It explains the timing for each test, what is tested, and why it is done.

This handout explains a procedure that measures the pressure in the muscles of your lower legs. This test will tell your provider if you have a rare condition called chronic exertional compartment syndrome (CECS). The handout tells how to prepare for the procedure and what to expect afterward.

This CareMap for patients and their caregivers shows the care plan that is expected before and after having complex hernia surgery. The CareMap begins before surgery and gives recovery steps through discharge from the hospital and self-care at home.

This handout explains complex percutaneous intervention (PCI) treatment of a heart artery. It includes how complex coronary disease is diagnosed and evaluated, and treatment options at University of Washington Medical Center.

This handout explains the many possible long-term health complications linked to diabetes. Yearly exams are recommended and suggestions given for delaying or preventing problems that might develop in the patient's blood vessels, eyes, kidneys, and nervous system.

This handout provides information to help the patient make an informed choice about dental care using general anesthesia. It also describes the process for having this done at UWMC.

This handout explains what compression stockings are, how they work, and the different "strengths" that are available. It includes a list of local and online resources for buying compression stockings.

This document is the complete "Congenital Heart Conditions" notebook. Individual sections are also available by title: About the Heart Institute, Advance Care Planning and Palliative Care, Anticoagulation, Checking Your Blood Pressure, Diagnostic Tests, Family Planning, How to Read a Prescription Label and Order Refills, If You Plan to Travel, Internet Resources, Lower Your Risk for Endocarditis, and Your Care Team.

This handout is part of the manual "Breastfeeding Your Hospitalized Baby." It explains why breast milk is important for a baby's health, and gives basic information about what steps will be taken to help the mother supply milk to her baby while in the hospital.

This handout explains what causes constipation after surgery. It offers simple steps to prevent or manage the problem, such as increasing fluids, eating high-fiber foods, exercising, taking a stool softener, or taking a laxative such as milk of magnesia. It includes when to call the doctor.

This handout explains the causes of constipation after surgery and offers tips to decrease constipation. It also lists over-the-counter laxatives and when to call the doctor or nurse.

This handout is for women who have just given birth. It explains constipation and its causes, and offers helpful tips. This document is part of the workbook "Your Care After Giving Birth."

This handout explains why patients who are being treated for a brain tumor tend to become constipated. It lists ways to avoid constipation, and describes the medicines that will be prescribed.

This handout is for patients at UWMC - Northwest who receive a continuous adductor canal nerve block for knee surgery. It explains how the nerve block works, what to expect after surgery, how to take care of the pump, and what to do if there are any problems.

This handout is for patients participating in the Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) Program. This handout is a welcome packet with overview of this program, how it works, and what to expect.

This handout answers questions about the Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) Program at UW Telehealth Services.

This handout is for patients at UWMC - Northwest who receive a continuous interscalene nerve block for shoulder surgery. It explains how the nerve block works, what to expect after surgery, how to take care of the pump, and what to do if there are any problems.

This handout explains how an ON-Q* continuous nerve block catheter works. It tells what to expect when it is placed, self-care, side effects, how to remove the catheter, and when to call the clinic.

This handout explains how a continuous nerve block catheter works. It tells what to expect when it is placed, self-care, side effects, how to remove the catheter, and when to call the clinic.

Contrast extravasation can occur when a patient is given contrast (X-ray dye) for an MRI or CT scan. This handout explains what a contrast extravasation is and how it is treated.

This handout explains a contrast injection, used during imaging tests such as X-rays, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imagins (MRI). It includes potential risks.

This handout gives important information about what to do after having an allergic or hypersensitivity reaction to contrast, which is also called X-ray dye, CT dye, or MR contrast.