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This handout explains the discharge planning process at University of Washington Medical Center and the patient's role in the process.

This handout explains how to prepare and what to expect when having an Essure device implanted as a permanent form of birth control.

This handout explains the cosmetic facelift procedure at UWMC. It includes pre-procedure aspirin restrictions, activities the day before surgery, tips to speed recovery, follow-up appointment, sleep positioning, incision care, showering, activity, and pain management. It also lists signs of complications and phone numbers to call.

This handout explains what a clinic pharmacist does, and what to expect at your first visit with a UW Medicine clinic pharmacist.

This 2-page handout provides information for people who had their leadless pacemaker placed at the Heart Institute at UWMC. It includes important phone numbers, and blank spaces to fill in dates and times of follow-up appointments.

This handout is for patients who had gestational diabetes during pregnancy. It explains a glucose tolerance test, which is done to see if you have type 2 diabetes.

This highly detailed booklet covers the procedures and risks for coronary artery bypass surgery and heart valve surgery. Preparation and recovery issues are explained. A glossary and CareMap are provided.

This manual is for patients receiving radiation therapy at UW Medical Center - Montlake in Seattle, Washington. Chapter titles include "About Your Radiation Treatments," "Radiation Side Effects and Self-care," "Skin Care During Your Radiation Therapy," "Self-care After Radiation Therapy," "Exercises After Radiation Therapy," and "Head and Neck Lymphedema. Appendices include nutrition handouts from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and a self-care schedule. The chapters contained in this manual are also listed as individual handouts on Health Online.

This handbook is a guide for patients receiving prostate radiation therapy and includes information about what radiation therapy is, how to prepare, and what to expect during and after treatment.

This handout for liver transplant patients provides an explanation of the evaluation process, including a list of basic labs, tests, and procedures for pre-transplant evaluation. This document is also a chapter in "Your Liver Transplant Guide: At University of Washington Medical Center," which is available from Materials Management #UH1915.

This section of the Guide to Your Weight Loss Surgery contains information about the health care providers who will be caring for you before, during, and after your surgery at UWMC.

This handout lists the members of the healthcare team who work in maternity and infant care at UW Medicine. It explains each team member's role during a woman's pregnancy, labor and birth, Cesarean birth, after birth, and when at home. This document is a chapter in the birth book "Pregnancy and Giving Birth."

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

This handout explains what to expect during your hospital stay after fibular free flap surgery. It includes where you will stay and who will provide your care.

This handout explains what to expect during your hospital stay after iliac crest free flap surgery. It includes where you will stay and who will provide your care.

This handout explains what to expect during your hospital stay after latissimus free flap surgery. It includes where you will stay and who will provide your care.

This handout explains what to expect during your hospital stay after radial forearm free flap surgery. It includes where you will stay and who will provide your care.

This handout explains what to expect during your hospital stay after rectus abdominis free flap surgery. It includes where you will stay and who will provide your care.

This handout explains what to expect during the hospital stay after having a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) at University of Washington Medical Center. TAVR is used to treat aortic stenosis. The handout includes what happens right after surgery, what to expect while in the intensive care unit and during the first 48 hours, activity precautions, and getting ready to go home.

This handout explains who will be caring for you during your stay at UWMC. It includes a “discharge checklist” to help you prepare to leave the hospital.

This section of the Guide to Your Head and Neck Cancer Treatment explains what will happen in the hospital after surgery, including information about the intensive care unit (ICU) and 4-Northeast, and descriptions of the various care providers, such as the surgeon, nurse practitioner, social worker, speech pathologist, respiratory therapist, dietitian, and physical and occupational therapists. Photos of previous patients are included, showing a tracheo-esophageal puncture (TEP) and an Electrolarynx in use for speech.

This handout describes what to expect during your hospital stay for transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVr) with the MitraClip at University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC).

This section of the Guide to Your Weight Loss Surgery describes what to expect during your stay in the hospital. It includes separate instructions for gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, and laparoscopic gastric band patients.

This handout explains a hysteroscopy, which is a way to look inside the uterus to diagnose certain conditions and to do certain procedures. A hysteroscopy uses a thin medical device called a hysteroscope that is like a small telescope. This device is inserted through the vagina and cervix.

This handout gives instructions to follow after surgery that includes placement of an intrathecal catheter and pump. An intrathecal pump is a medical device used to deliver very small quantities of medications directly to the spinal fluid.