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.
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This information sheet from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) explains about bone scans, how it is used to look at your child’s bones, what is involved and what to expect when your child comes to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) for the scan.
This information sheet from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) explains about the MAG3 Renogram scan, how it is used to look at your child’s kidneys, what it involves and what to expect when your child comes to GOSH.
Cardiac catheterisation is a procedure used to diagnose and treat certain heart conditions. This leaflet explains about the procedure, what it involves and what to expect when your child comes to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).
Echocardiograms (Echo) are one of the most frequently used scans for diagnosing heart problems. An Echo is an ultrasound scan of the heart. This information sheet from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) explains about echocardiograms (Echo), what is involved and what to expect when your child has the scan.
Electrocardiograms (ECG) are one of frequently used scans for diagnosing heart problems. An ECG measures electrical activity within the heart through sticky sensor pads put on your child’s chest. This page from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) explains about electrocardiograms (ECG), what is involved and what to expect when your child comes for the scan.
Echocardiograms (Echo) are one of the most frequently used scans for diagnosing heart problems. An Echo is an ultrasound scan of the heart. As your child will need to lie very still for the scan, we may suggest that they have sedation to help. This information sheet from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) explains about echocardiograms, what is involved and what to expect when your child has the scan.
A positron emission tomography (PET) scan gives very detailed, three-dimensional images of the body.This page explains about 18F-DOPA PET scans at UCLH and what to expect when your child comes to have this procedure.
This page explains about arterio-venous (AV) fistulae for haemodialysis and what to expect when your child comes to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to have this procedure.
This page explains about upper GI contrast studies, which include barium meal, barium swallow or barium follow through studies) what is involved and what to expect when your child comes to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) to have one. It explains the various types of contrast studies used to examine the upper part of the gastrointestinal or digestive system.