Patient Information Leaflets
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Hints and tips for birth process
Useful information on activities to help manage your contractions and avoid becoming tense during your labour and birth.
Read moreHip arthroscopy staged rehabilitation
Guide to rehabilitation following hip arthroscopy - a less invasive form of hip surgery that aims to reduce pain, instability and stiffness within the hip joint
Read moreHip arthroscopy with labral reconstruction
For patients having a hip arthroscopy with labral reconstructionfor femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) – a painful condition with a decrease in the hip’s range of motion - outlining what surgery entails, including risks and benefits
Read moreHip arthroscopy with labral repair
For patients having a hip arthroscopy with labral repair for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) – a painful condition with a decrease in the hip’s range of motion - outlining what surgery entails, including risks and benefits
Read moreHip clinic referral for your baby
Your baby’s routine newborn examination has shown that they need to be referred to the Hip Screening Clinic. This leaflet has been designed to provide you with information that may help to answer your questions before attending
Read moreHip dysplasia: Checking your baby for signs
Checklist for parents and carers to be aware of what signs to look out for to help identify infant hip dysplasia early
Read moreHip fracture admission
Aims to provide you and your relatives with the information to guide you through your hospital stay for a fractured hip
Read moreHip hemiarthroplasty advice and exercises
Advice for patients who have had a hip hemiarthroplasty operation following a fractured head of femur (hip fracture)
Read moreHip pain in pregnancy: Greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS)
Many women experience pain around the outer thigh or hip area during pregnancy. This is known as ‘greater trochanteric pain syndrome or GTPS (previously called ‘trochanteric bursitis’). This leaflet gives some advice, stretches and exercises aimed to help you manage and treat the pain.
Read moreHip replacement surgery
Information to help you gain the maximum benefit and understanding of your hip operation
Read moreHip resurfacing advice and exercises
Advice for patients who have had Birmingham hip resurfacing - designed to help you get back to full fitness as quickly as possible after your operation
Read moreHip spica - caring for your child
Advice for caring for a child when they are wearing a hip spica – a cast to help the hip to develop properly
Read moreHIV - explaining the screening result for maternity service users
Important information for women whose antenatal screening test shows they have HIV, to help explain their result.
Read moreHolding on exercises
Series of exercises that may help you with your symptoms of faecal urgency (urgent need to poo)
Read moreHolistic Needs Assessment (HNA)
Explains what a Holistic Needs Assessment entails for patients with a diagnosis of cancer
Read moreHome non-invasive ventilation
Explains the basis of your home non-invasive ventilation (NIV) machine provided by the hospital
Read moreHome Oxygen Therapy (Easy Read information)
Shows you how to do oxygen therapy at home and what equipment you will need
Read moreHome Parenteral Nutrition and Intravenous Fluid advice
Aims to help patients, relatives and carers, in the event there is a problem relating to parenteral nutrition or home intravenous fluids.
Read moreHome video telemetry
What to expect when you come to hospital for Home Video EEG monitoring to try to find the cause of your symptoms.
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