Admission to the Children's Trauma Orthopaedic Unit
Useful information and advice for parents and carers of young patients coming in for emergency surgery under the care of the Orthopaedic Department
Read moreUseful information and advice for parents and carers of young patients coming in for emergency surgery under the care of the Orthopaedic Department
Read moreA record of your child's asthma medication and what to do if they have an asthma attack
Read moreExplains what the condition is, how the infection is treated and gives you some helpful suggestions to aid your child’s recovery at home
Read moreAdvice to make you feel more confident in caring for your child when they leave hospital following a procedure under a general anaesthetic
Read moreExplains what chemotherapy is to help you understand what will happen to you when you come into hospital.
Read moreInformation for parents and carers of children coming into hospital for tests or an operation or procedure
Read moreExplains the process when your child is admitted to hospital because of an eating disorder
Read moreInformation for parents / carers of children fitting due to a raised temperature - explains what a febrile convulsion is, how it is treated and any likely after effects
Read moreExplains what the condition is, how it will affect your child and how the infection is treated
Read moreExplains what hypoglycaemia and ketotic hypoglycaemia are, what causes them, symptoms to look out for and gives feeding guidelines to manage a hypoglycaemic episode (low blood sugar)
Read moreExplains what ITP is, how it may affect your child and how it is managed
Read moreExplains what infective endocarditis is, how it can be prevented and how it is treated / managed
Read moreAims to answer some of the questions that you/ your child may have about their operation
Read moreInformation for children, young people and their parents and carers on Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA), how it can affect you and what treatments and monitoring are available
Read moreAims to answer some of the questions that you or your child may have about their operation to remove K-wires used to control fractures
Read moreAims to answer some of the questions that you or your child may have about their knee operation
Read moreInformation specific to Lion Oncology Ward at the Royal Berkshire Hospital
Read moreExplains how melatonin can be used for children experiencing problems with sleep, when other methods have failed
Read moreExplains about a drug called Methotrexate, used to treat Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)
Read moreExplains what an NGT is and how to insert one and look after it. The doctor / nurse will do this initially but if you are comfortable doing it, they will teach you how to do this at home for as long as your child needs it
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