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This handout answers common questions about high blood glucose that may occur while a patient is in the hospital. Causes, treatments, and follow-up after discharge are included.

This handout gives signs and symptoms of high blood pressure (hypertension) to watch for during pregnancy.

This handout tells what to do to prevent a high blood sugar emergency, which can result in diabetic coma (going unconscious). It explains the 2 conditions that can cause these emergencies: diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar syndrome (HHS).

This CareMap provides a timeline for patients having high-grade neuro-oncology treatments. Sections include Before Treatment, Treatment Day 1, Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Home Care, 1 Month After, and Every 2 to 3 Months.

This one-page handout lists high-protein foods, serving sizes, and how many grams of protein are in each serving. This table is taken from the handout "Nutrition After Your Transplant."

This handout explains a procedure called hip arthroscopy, which may be done to treat femoroacetabular impingement. It also details the "package price" offered by UW Medicine Sports Medicine Center for this procedure.

This document provides instructions for using a nasogastric (NG) feeding tube at home with your baby. It includes the steps to follow, supplies you will need, helpful visual aids, and common questions and concerns. It is very important to follow the instructions carefully to safely feed your baby. This handout also provides a link and QR code to video instructions. 

This handout is a checklist of things to make sure the home is a safe and helpful place for patients recovering from total hip or knee joint replacement surgery.

This booklet provides instructions for tube feeding and offers tips for preventing or managing common side effects, including diarrhea, constipation, stomach upset, and dehydration. Includes simple illustrations showing a gastrostomy tube and pump and gravity drip methods of feeding.

This handout gives questions for new mothers to ask themselves to help them know if their infant is breastfeeding sucessfully. It provides the Lactation Services phone number to call in case of problems. This document is a chapter in the workbook "Breastfeeding: In the hospital and at home."

This handout is a chapter from the Spine Care Companion, and provides information about how physical therapy can help with spinal pain.

This handout is a chapter in the Spine Care Companion, and reviews how to safely bend and lift objects after spinal procedures.

This handout offers step-by-step guidelines for a mother to follow when helping her baby latch on to her breast for breastfeeding.

This handout gives step-by-step instructions for changing a Foley catheter, a tube placed in the bladder to drain urine for patients with medical conditions that prevent normal urination.

This handout is for patients having infusion therapy in the 8-Southeast Infusion Clinic at University of Washington Medical Center. It explains how to check in for the therapy appointment and what you need to bring with you.

This handout is for new mothers who have given birth at University of Washington Medical Center, and whose baby cannot yet breastfeed. It explains why mother’s milk matters, and gives instructions on how to collect the first breastmilk for feeding to the baby.

This handout provides maps to guide patients and their families from Admitting on the 3rd floor of University of Washington Medical Center to the Cardiac Procedures department on the 2nd floor. It also includes instructions for family and friends about what to do while waiting for a procedure to be completed.

This handout tells how to find Labor & Delivery on the 6th floor of University of Washington Medical Center - Montlake campus. It includes maps of the main floor of the hospital and an area map showing the Triangle Parking Garage.

This brochure explains how to give yourself a subcutaneous injection. This is a shot that is given into the fatty tissue just under the skin. Illustrations and step-by-step instructions are included. (This information is also available in full-page format through UWMC Patient and Family Education Services.)

This handout explains why it is important for people with diabetes to watch how much sodium (salt) they eat. It includes tips on foods you can eat instead of high-sodium options.

This handout gives instructions to follow before having a transrectal ultrasound of the prostate. This scan will show any inflammation, stones, or tumors in the prostate, seminal vesicles, or ejaculatory ducts.

This handout gives step-by-step instructions to follow when using Golytely or Colyte to prepare for bowel surgery.

This handout explains what to do before your treadmill test. It includes risk factors that may affect your ability to take an exercise treadmill test.

This handout explains how to prepare for a heart catheterization procedure for patients at University of Washington Medical Center - Northwest Campus. Planned procedures include a left heart catheterization and angiogram, and a left and right heart catheterization and angiogram.