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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.

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.

This handout explains how your ambIT electronic infusion pmp helps manage pain after surgery using a continuous nerve block. It includes tips for using your pump safely at home, warning signs to watch for, and instructions for removing and returning your pump.

This handout explains what a contrast agent is, the amount of contrast that passes into breastmilk, potential risks, and recommendations if you are lactating (producing milk from your breasts) and will be receiving contrast.

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