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- Radiology
Title - Having a Cardiac CT Scan
Description - This information aims to answer your questions about having a CT scan. It explains the benefits, risks and alternatives, as well as what you can expect when you come to the hospital. If you have any further questions, please speak to your referrer or the Radiographer performing your scan.Title - Having a CT Colonography
Description - This leaflet aims to inform you on having a Computed Tomography scan to look at your large bowel (CT Colonography). It explains how the test is done, what to expect, and what the possible risks are. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to speak to your doctor or CT staff.Title - Having a Hickman Line
Description - This leaflet has been given to you to help you understand your Hickman line and has been prepared by the staff in the X-Ray department at Whiston Hospital. If you have any questions or concerns, or would like to know about alternative treatment after you have read this, please speak to the specialist team who referred you for your Hickman line.Title - Having a MRI Scan
Description - This information aims to answer your questions about having an MRI scan. It explains the benefits and risks of the procedure, as well as what you can expect when you come to the hospital. If you have any further questions, please speak to your referrer or the Radiographer performing your scan.Title - Having a Percutaneous Biliary Drainage
Description - This leaflet tells you about the procedure known as Percutaneous Biliary Drainage. It explains what is involved and what the possible risks are. It is not meant to be a substitute for informed discussion between you and your doctor, but can act as a starting point for such a discussion.Title - Having a Percutaneous Liver Biopsy
Description - This leaflet tells you about having a Percutaneous Liver Biopsy. It explains what is involved and what the possible risks are. It is not meant to replace informed discussion between you and your doctor but can act as a starting point for such discussions. If you have any questions about the procedure, please ask the doctor who has referred you or the department which is going to perform it.Title - Having a Proctogram
Description - This leaflet aims to answer your questions about having a Proctogram. It explains the benefits, risks and alternatives, as well as what you can expect when you come to hospital. If you have any further questions, please speak to a doctor or nurse caring for you.Title - Having a Radiological Inserted Gastrostomy (RIG)
Description - This leaflet tells you about having a radiological inserted gastrostomy (RIG). It explains what is involved and what the possible risks are. It is not meant to replace informed discussion between you and your doctor but can act as a starting point for such discussions.Title - Having a Radiology guided biopsy
Description - You have been advised by your hospital consultant that you need to have a biopsy performed in the Radiology (X-ray) Department under ultrasound or CT. This information tells you about having a biopsy, what is involved, and what the possible risks are.Title - Having a Radiology inserted Gastrostomy (RIG)
Description - This leaflet tells you about having a radiological inserted gastrostomy (RIG). It explains what is involved and what the possible risks are. It is not meant to replace informed discussion between you and your doctor but can act as a starting point for such discussions.Title - Having a Superior Vena Cava (SVC) Stent insertion
Description - Your doctors have recommended that you have a procedure known as superior vena cava stent. This information leaflet explains what the procedure involves and the possible risks and complications you may experience -your doctor will have discussed these with you.Title - Having a Suprapubic Catheter
Description - This leaflet tells you about the procedure known a suprapubic catheter. It explains what is involved and what the possible risks are. It is not meant to be a substitute for informed discussion between you and your doctor, but can act as a starting point for such a discussion. Whether you are having the procedure as planned or as an emergency procedure you should have sufficient explanation before you sign the consent form.Title - Having a Trans abdominal scan
Description - We have been asked to perform a trans abdominal scan of your pelvis. Your bladder must be full for this scan. About 1 hour before your appointment time, you should drink 4 glasses of water ( approx. 1 litre) and you must not empty your bladder until after the scan.Title - Having a Trans-Jugular Liver Biopsy
Description - This leaflet tells you about having a trans-jugular liver biopsy. It explains what is involved and what the possible risks are. It is not meant to replace informed discussion between you and your doctor, but can act as a starting point for such discussions. If you have any questions about the procedure, please ask the doctor who has referred you or the department which is going to perform it.Title - Having an Angiogram
Description - This leaflet tells you about having an angiogram. It explains what is involved and what the possible risks are. It is not meant to replace informed discussion between you and your doctor, but can act as a starting point for such discussions. If you have any questions about the procedure, please ask the doctor who has referred you or the department which is going to perform it.Title - Having an IVC Filter
Description - This leaflet tells you about having an inferior vena cava (IVC) filter inserted. It explains what is involved and what the possible risks are. It is not meant to replace informed discussion between you and your doctor but can act as a starting point for such discussions.Title - Your Chest x-ray
Description - This leaflet explains to you about having a chest x-ray. - Research, Development & Innovation Department
Title - Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) department
Description - At Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (MWL), we are committed to looking into new ways to prevent, manage and treat diseases. Research is a way of gaining new knowledge, it is important as it helps us to improve treatments and services. Research at MWL ranges from genetic studies and questionnaires, to complex, randomised controlled trials testing new drugs and therapies on often rare conditions. - Respiratory
Title - Benralizumab for severe asthma
Description - Benralizumab is a medicine containing a type of protein that recognises and attaches to a specific target substance in the body. The target of Benralizumab is a protein called interleukin-5 receptor, which is found particularly on a type of white blood cell called an eosinophil. You may also see it referred to as Fasenra, which is the brand name.Title - Breathlessness
Description - Getting out of breath is a normal process. It can be a natural response when your body needs more oxygen or when you do something that requires physical effort. Evidence suggests that how breathless you feel does not always match up with how well you are getting air into your lungs. This is because it is not just lung function that affects how out of breath you feel.Title - COPD Telehealth
Description - Telehealth is a new service in partnership with Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust and Docobo, offering remote monitoring to patients with long term conditions, delivered by Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals for patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in the St Helens locality. You may be referred by the COPD service for telehealth monitoring if your COPD Nurse Specialist feels you would benefit from monitoring your own health at home.Title - Flexible Bronchoscopy
Description - You may have symptoms that could indicate a lung disease; or a chest X-ray has shown that you would benefit from further Investigation. Although an X-ray of your chest and other tests are helpful, the doctor in charge of your case believes it would be wise to have a direct look at the lining of the windpipe (trachea) and the inside of the lungs (bronchi). The aim is to see if there is a more apparent cause for your symptoms.Title - Fractional exhaled Nitric Oxide (FeNO)
Description - A FeNO test is a breath test that measures the levels of nitric oxide in your breath. This is a safe and easy test to do. The results can be used alongside your symptoms and clinical examination, to help make a diagnosis. A high reading can be a sign that you have inflammation in your airways. It can also help to give an idea, of how well controlled someone’s asthma is.Title - Indwelling pleural catheter (IPC)
Description - The IPC is a soft thin tube that is inserted through a small incision made in the skin and sits in the lining of the lung also known as the pleura. The opposite end of the tube stays on the outside of your chest, there is a one way valve on this side that prevents any fluid leaking out and air entering the tube into the chest.Title - Ipratropium Bromide Nebuliser Solution
Description - Ipratropium belongs to a group of medicines called anticholinergics, which act as bronchodilators, which help to open up the air passages in your lungs so that you can breathe more easily. Ipratropium nebuliser solution may help make breathing easier in patients, who have long standing breathing difficulties. The Ipratropium nebuliser solution has been prescribed for you to support an exacerbation of your Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).Title - Nebuliser information sheet
Description - The nebuliser is the chamber into which liquid medicine is placed.Keeping your compressor and nebuliser clean is really important as germs like wet, moist, warm areas and if the acorn is not clean and dry you may run the risk of contamination and further infection.Title - Protecting Health Care Professionals from the Dangers of Passive Smoking
Description - The NHS is smoke free. Please consider our staff when they visit you at home and make sure they can work in a smoke free atmosphere. Second-hand smoke, or passive smoking has been shown to be harmful to health. We have a legal duty to protect our staff and we are asking for your help to protect them from second-hand smoke.Title - Pulse Oximetry
Description - A pulse oximeter also known as an oxygen reader used to monitor the amount of oxygen carried in the body. It is a non-invasive method for monitoring a person’s oxygen saturations using a small handheld device that you place on your fingertip. Not for continuous use.Title - St. Helens Community Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Rapid Response Service
Description - The community Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) rapid response service is here to help you when you are experiencing a flare up of your lung condition, whether at home or following admission to hospital.Title - Warm Homes for Lungs
Description - It is available for people with a respiratory illness who may be living in a cold, damp or drafty environment. People living in cold, damp and energy inefficient properties are more at risk of hospital admission during the winter months. Through this project we aim to make sure that people’s basic needs are met including a warm dry home. - Rheumatology
Title - Rheumatology MDT Foot clinic
Description - The aim is to help you understand and manage your foot problem.Title - Selection of jar openers for weak grips
Description - Suggested jar openers for weakened grip.Title - Where to buy small assistive devices
Description - A list of providers for small assistive devices.
