Procedures and treatments

Preparing a child for a procedure or treatment can be an anxious occasion. Great Ormond Street Hospital have produced a number of factsheets to help explain what will happen and what to expect.

Glucagon test

This page explains about a glucagon test and what to expect when your child comes to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to have this procedure.

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Going out after a bone marrow transplant (BMT)

This page from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) explains the guidelines for taking your child out of the hospital following a bone marrow transplant (BMT). The general rule is that your child should only leave the ward when they are in yellow precautio

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Haemodialysis Central Venous Catheter (CVC)

Find out more about Haemodialysis Central Venous Catheters

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Halo gravity traction

Information about the halo gravity traction system, from Great Ormond Street Hospital.

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Halo vest system

The halo vest system protects the cervical spine (the bones in the neck) from any damaging movement t the bones that allows the bones to heal following injury or surgery. This page from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) explains the halo vest system and

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