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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.

This handout is for patients at University Reproductive Care in Seattle. It explains the steps involved in a fertility treatment called "controlled ovarian hyperstimulation/intrauterine insemination."

This handout explains cooling therapy (therapeutic hypothermia), which is done to lower a baby's body temperature. This therapy helps protect a baby's brain after periods when less oxygen was able to reach the brain.

This handout for kidney/pancreas transplant patients details tips on coping before, during, and after transplant that others have found helpful. This document is also a chapter in "Your Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Guide," which is available from Materials Management #171915.

This handout explains how to handle anxiety and depression. These emotions are common responses to the stress of having treatment for cancer.

This handout explains how to handle anxiety and depression. These emotions are common responses to the stress of having treatment for cancer.

This handout gives more than 100 tips for ways to cope with a crisis. It suggests using distractions such as counting to 10, leaving the situation, or self-soothing methods such as positive thinking or encouraging self. It also suggests relaxation and changing body responses, imagery, mindfulness of focusing attention on what you are doing, and evaluating the pros and cons of the crisis situation.

This handout gives tips for coping with grief after losing a preterm infant. Included are sections on supporting yourself, using physical activity to help reduce stress, handling your feelings, and support groups in the Seattle area.This handout is included in the packet "Coping with Grief," part of the Wait One Year Program.

This handout gives tips for coping with stress after giving birth to a preterm infant. Sections include Support Yourself, Physical Activity Helps Reduce Stress, About "Baby Blues," and a list of websites to learn more. This handout is included in the packet "Preventing Another Preterm Birth," part of the Wait One Year Program.

This handout for parents of babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) gives tips on ways to cope with daily stress.

This handout is a section of the "Congenital Heart Conditions" notebook. It briefly explains information about the COVID-19 virus and vaccine. 

COVID-19 is a serious disease. The best way to stay safe is to avoid being exposed to the virus that causes the disease. This handout gives tips on how to protect yourself and others.

This handout explains how to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus at UW Medicine facilities.