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This handout gives step-by-step instructions to follow before a colonoscopy when using Suprep solution.

This CareMap for patients and their caregivers shows the care plan that is expected before and after having colorectal surgery. The CareMap begins 6 days before surgery and gives recovery steps through discharge from the hospital and self-care at home.

This handout lists ways breastfeeding mothers can ease the discomfort of breast engorgement after giving birth. Tips include applying warmth, massage, feeding the baby, compresses, pain relievers, and breast pumps. This document is a chapter in the workbook "Breastfeeding."

This handout answers common questions about nasal and sinus surgery, such as "When can I exercise?" "When can I shower?" and "When can I irrigate my nose or resume using my nasal spray?" It also covers pain control, bruising, and swelling after surgery.

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 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 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 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 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.