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This handout describes some of the different memory loss diagnoses, including mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer disease, Lewy body dementia, frontotemporal degeneration, vascular dementia, and younger-onset dementia. This document is a chapter in the handbook "Living with Memory Loss," written by staff at the Memory and Brain Wellness Center in Seattle, WA.

This one-page guide provides visual support for patients in the hospital for heart conditions. It includes places to fill in "My Health Today," "Today's Goals," and "My Questions for the Team." It also supplies a "Discharge Checklist" so that patients clearly understand what they need to know and do before they can be discharged from the hospital.

This handout explains treatments that are used to treat the symptoms of memory loss or dementia. This document is a chapter in the handbook "Living with Memory Loss," written by staff at the Memory and Brain Wellness Center in Seattle, WA.

This handout explains important steps after receiving a diagnosis of memory loss or dementia. This document is a chapter in the handbook "Living with Memory Loss," written by staff at the Memory and Brain Wellness Center in Seattle, WA.

This handout discusses advance care planning for people living with memory loss or dementia. This document is a chapter in the handbook "Living with Memory Loss," written by staff at the Memory and Brain Wellness Center in Seattle, WA.

This handout explains how to maintain relationships and activities when living with memory loss or dementia. This document is a chapter in the handbook "Living with Memory Loss," written by staff at the Memory and Brain Wellness Center in Seattle, WA.

This handout explains what stengths are maintained and gained when living with memory loss or dementia. This document is a chapter in the handbook "Living with Memory Loss," written by staff at the Memory and Brain Wellness Center in Seattle, WA.

This handout for kidney/pancreas transplant patients explains how problems with a kidney and/or pancreas graft can show up in lab results or vital signs. Common lab tests and vital signs are explained, conversion charts are provided, and blank health log record forms are included. This document is also a chapter in the Guide to Your Kidney/Pancreas Transplant: To help you learn more about having a kidney/pancreas transplant at UWMC, which is available from Materials Management #171915.

This appendix to the Heart Transplant Manual explains the medicine mycophenelate, prescribed for heart transplant patients.

This handout explains mycophenolate, an immunosuppressant medicine that reduces inflammation by making the immune system less active. It includes how to take it, special precautions, possible side effects, and when to call the doctor.

This handout explains possible side effect you may have when being treated with myeloablative total body irradiation (TBI). This radiation therapy kills cells in the bone marrow, including cancer cells. It can result in fewer red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.

This handout explains how to prepare for a myelogram, how it works, how it is done, what to expect during the exam, and how to get your results.

This handout explains how to prepare for and what to expect from a myringotomy procedure.

This handout explains Naloxone, a prescription medicine that is used to reverse an opioid overdose.

This handout explains what to expect when having phototherapy (light treatments) with narrowband UVB (nb-UVB) light at the Dermatology Center at University of Washington Medical Center. It also lists short-term and long-term risks linked with ultraviolet light treatments.

This handout explains how to prepare for a kidney biopsy, about related risks, and getting test results.

This brochure explains why a baby's hearing should be tested, how the test works, and reasons a baby might be referred for a second screening test. The brochure also lists hearing-related milestones for infants from birth through 12 months.

This handout explains 8 safety steps that are part of the security plan for new babies at University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC). This document is a chapter in the workbook "Baby Care," authored by the Mother Baby Unit at University of Washington Medical Center.

This handout explains the screening tests that are required for all babies born in Washington state. These tests check for congenital disorders, which are medical conditions that are present at birth. The tests include metabolic, hearing, pulse oximetry, and jaundice screening. This document is a chapter in the workbook "Baby Care," authored by the Mother Baby Unit at University of Washington Medical Center.

This handout lists warning signs that require a call to a newborn's clinic, health care provider, or 9-1-1. This document is a chapter in the birth book "Caring for Yourself and Your New Baby."

This handout about quitting smoking is for patients who are planning to have reconstructive surgery at University of Washington Medical Center. Surgery patients are required to avoid all tobacco or other nicotine products for at least 6 weeks before their surgery.

This handout provides a list of helpful online and written resources for families with infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

This “NICU Parent Packet” is written to help you understand and be part of your baby’s care in the NICU. 

Contents include: 

• Therapy in the NICU
• Getting to Know Your Baby in the NICU
• Developmental Care in the NICU
• Feeding Therapy in the NICU
• When you Take Your Baby Home 

This handout explains how nipple reconstruction is done, how to prepare, and how to plan for recovery. Instructions are included both for a procedure done in clinic and for a procedure done in an operating room. A brief explanation of nipple tattooing is also included.

This handout for women who have had breast reconstruction describes how to prepare for nipple tattooing and what to expect afterward.