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.

Diagnostic fast

This page explains about diagnostic fast tests and what to expect when your child comes to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to have one.

Dialysis: an introduction to dialysis

This page explains about dialysis and what to expect when your child comes to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to have this treatment.

Direct isotope cystogram (DIC)

This page explains about about the direct isotope cystogram (DIC) scan on your child’s bladder, what is involved and what to expect when your child comes to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) for the scan.

Distraction

Sometimes children or young people find aspects of their hospital visits challenging, uncomfortable or distressing. They may express this in ways including becoming anxious, crying, shouting or physically resisting staff. This is not only distressing for

DMSA scan

This page from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) explains about the DMSA scan used to look at your child’s kidneys, what is involved and what to expect when your child comes to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) for the scan.