Coping with traumatic experiences
Advice to help you understand your feelings and to help you cope following a stay on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
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Patient Information Leaflets
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Core exercise programme
The below exercises are a starting point for anyone wanting to improve their general core strength. Please follow the exercises that your physiotherapist has advised you to do and speak to them if you have any concerns.
Read moreCorneal suture (stitch) removal following surgery
Aftercare advice and information about the procedure to remove sutures (stitches) from your cornea following eye surgery
Read moreCoronavirus: Parent information for newborn babies
Although the risks are very low, you may be concerned that your baby could get coronavirus. This leaflet tells you what to look out for. Do not delay seeking help if you have concerns. Links to NHS England website
Read moreCoronectomy (tooth crown removal)
Explains forthcoming treatment and has answers to many of the commonly asked questions
Read moreCorticosteroids and their use during pregnancy
This link takes you to the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RCOG) for information on the use of Corticosteroids (also known as steroids) in your pregnancy and why they may be needed.
Read moreCortisone injections
Explains what to expect following an injection of cortisone and local anaesthetic to reduce shoulder pain and inflammation
Read moreCould you become a breast milk donor?
This leaflet is for anyone considering donating breast milk to the Oxford Human Milk Bank. This leaflet with tell you about donor breast milk, the screening process that takes place before being accepted as a donor and the practical aspects involved in being a donor.
Read moreCovid-19 Haematology and Oncology (cancer) advice
Provides information on Covid-19 including prevention measures for patients having haematology and oncology (cancer) treatment
Read moreCPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure)
Further information about continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment for snoring and sleep apnoea
Read moreCriteria-Led Discharge
Explains what ‘criteria-led discharge’ involves - meeting specific personalised goals prior to you leaving hospital
Read moreCryotherapy
Treatment of sun damaged skin and warty lesions on the skin with carefully controlled cold burn.
Read moreCT colon scan (long preparation)
What happens during a CT colon examination in the Radiology (X-ray) Department at the Royal Berkshire Hospital
Read moreCT colonography or virtual colonoscopy
Explains what happens when a CT scanner produces 2- and 3-dimensional images of the whole of the colon (large bowel) and rectum (back passage) to look for polyps (fleshy growths) or signs of cancer
Read moreCT colonography aftercare
Wat to expect after a CT colonography (scan of your bowel) in the Radiology (X-ray) Department at the Royal Berkshire Hospital
Read moreCT guided biopsy of the abdomen
Tells you about the procedure “CT guided biopsy of the abdomen (tummy)”
Read moreCT guided lung biopsy
What a CT guided lung biopsy is, what happens during the procedure and what the possible risks are
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