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This handout explains a positron emission tomography (PET)/CT FDG brain scan, which allows doctors to see your brain while it is working. This scan is often used to check for tumors and to find the reason for memory problems. Included are how to prepare for the scan, what to expect, and how to get your results.

This handout gives special instructions for patients with diabetes who are having an FDG PET scan done. Included are how to do a "practice run" before the actual procedure, and then instructions on how to manage fasting and taking insulin or oral hypoglycemic agents for the night before and day of the scan.

This handout explains how to prepare for a PET/CT Ga-68 dotatate mid-body study, which is done to diagnose tumors. It includes how to prepare for the study, how it works, what you may feel during the study, and how to get your results.

This handout explains a PET/CT Ga-68 PSMA scan. It tells how the scan works, how to prepare, what to expect, and how to get your results. 

This handout explains a PET/CT Posluma scan. It tells how the scan works, how to prepare, what to expect, and how to get your results.

This handout explains how to prepare for a PET/CT prostate Axumin study. This study is used to diagnose cancer in the prostate gland. It is done for patients who have still have symptoms of cancer after being treated for the disease. The study is usually done if levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) rise after treatment.

This handout explains a PET/CT Pylarify PSMA scan. It tells how the scan works, how to prepare, what to expect, and how to get your results. This scan is used to diagnose cancer in the prostate gland.

This handout explains how a pharyngogram X-ray exam works, how it is done, how to prepare for it, what to expect during the exam, and how to get the results.

This handout explains the activity precautions and exercise program you need to follow as you recover from your heart catheterization.

This handout provides forms to track weekly exercise for the 6 weeks of phase I cardiac rehabilitation.

This handout explains how to safely resume activity and start an exercise program when you leave the hospital after heart failure.

This handout explains the activity precautions you must follow as you recover from your heart surgery and prepare for Phase II cardiac rehab.

This handout tells how to safely resume activity and start a walking program after heart surgergy. The right level of exercise will help you recover from your procedure and prepare for Phase II cardiac rehab.

This handout explains the activity precautions and exercise program you need to follow as you recover from your transcatheter heart procedure using a transfemoral approach.

This handout, called a CareMap, shows what a patient may expect when admitted to UW Medical Center for pheochromocytoma surgery. It includes how to prepare for the surgery, what happens during the hospital stay, and basic instructions to follow at home after discharge.

This handout explains photodynamic therapy, a treatment for a skin problem called actinic keratosis. It includes how to prepare for the therapy, what to expect, and possible side effects.

This handout describes some benefits of physical activity for patients with diabetes. It also gives general guidelines for starting an exercise program.

This handout explains why exercise is important after cardiac surgery. Included are important precautions to follow, what to expect during physical therapy sessions in the hospital, and goals for an exercise program at home after surgery.

This chapter of the Heart Transplant Manual describes physical therapy for heart transplant patients after their surgery.

This handout describes 12 exercises to do before and after ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) surgery. It includes step-by-step instructions and photos.

This handout describes the use of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC) and midline catheters in long-term intravenous therapy at home. It explains how and where they are inserted and the conditions for which they are used. It includes catheter care, including changing the dressing and flushing and lists problems that might occur, such as breaks, movement, blockage, infection, drainage, blood under bandage, pain, and swelling.

This 1-page flyer gives directions for driving from the Triangle Garage to the front entrance of UWMC when picking up a patient who is being discharged. A map with arrows showing the route is included.

This handout explains what to expect from pilonidal cyst surgery, how to prepare for the operation, and how to plan for recovery.