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Fact sheets on a range of health and safety topics have been developed in partnership by Sydney Children's Hospital, The Children's Hospital at Westmead and Hunter New England Kidshealth Network. They aim to help you learn about your child’s illness and ways you can help improve their overall health and wellbeing, Factsheets are for educational purposes only, please consult with your doctor or other health professional to make sure this information is right for your child.
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Allergy | Asthma
- Allergy - Cow's milk allergy and milk free diet
- Allergy - Egg Allergy and egg free diet
- Allergy - EpiPen® Use
- Allergy - Food Allergies and Eczema
- Allergy - Fruit and vegetable allergy
- Allergy - Latex allergy
- Allergy - Peanut allergy and peanut free diet
- Allergy - Seafood allergy (includes fish and shellfish)
- Allergy - Sesame free diet
- Allergy - Soy allergy and soy free diet
- Allergy - Tree nut allergy and tree nut free diet
- Allergy and allergy tests
- Asthma - Schools and child services action plan for asthma flare up
- Asthma and your child: A resource pack for parents and carers
- Asthma medication inhalation devices
- Asthma medicines
- Asthma- Daily asthma symptoms diary
- Asthma- Good asthma control checklist
- Bites and stings
- Eczema
- Eczema: Wet Dressing
- Hives (Urticaria)
- House dust mite allergy- what should you do?
- Poisonous or harmful plants
- Wheeze - Viral induced wheeze
Babies | Newborns | Infants
- Abusive Head Trauma (AHT)
- Achondroplasia - Positioning and handling of babies with Achondroplasia
- Breast care for breastfeeding mothers after the death of a child
- Breastfeeding
- Breastfeeding - Expressing, handling and storage of breast milk
- Breastfeeding... Is it for me?
- Bronchiolitis
- Common newborn concerns
- Croup
- Hydroceles
- Hypospadias
- Infant Formula
- Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease
- Jaundice in newborn babies
- OA/TOF: Extra nutrition support for OA/TOF children: 6 months and older
- Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
- Sleep - Normal sleep patterns 0 - 16 years
- Spina Bifida
- Spina Bifida - Antenatal Consultation in Spina Bifida
- Spina Bifida - Care of a newborn baby with Spina Bifida
- Swaddling - how this affects baby hips
- Whooping cough
Basic life support | CPR
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) for babies (less than 12 months of age)
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) for children (over 12 months of age)
Blood | Veins | Haematology
- Care of the PICC at home
- Cuffed Tunnelled Central Venous Catheter (CVC) - Central Line
- Midline
- Non Tunnelled Central Venous Catheter
- Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs)
- Pneumococcal disease, immunisation and your family
- Port - Implantable Venous Access Device
- Uncuffed tunnelled central venous catheter
Bones | Muscles | Orthopaedics
- Achondroplasia - Positioning and handling of babies with Achondroplasia
- Anterior knee pain in children and adolescents
- Bowlegs and knock-knees
- Broomstick plaster
- Congenital Talipes Equinovarus (Clubfoot)
- Connective tissue dysplasia
- Crutches - information for safe crutch walking
- Curly Toes
- Dega osteotomy
- Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH)
- Femoral derotation osteotomy (FDO)
- Flat feet
- Fractures - bone healing
- Hip abduction orthosis
- Intoeing in children (pigeon toes)
- Joint hypermobility
- Lateral column lengthening of the foot
- Leech therapy
- Nuclear Medicine Bone Scan
- Perthes' disease
- Plaster cast or backslab care instructions for patients and their carers
- Scoliosis
- Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE)
- Spina Bifida - Foot care
- Spina Bifida - Role of the treating team: Physiotherapy
- Spinal Cord Injury - Be active Adolescents with Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Be active Kids with Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Bladder Management
- Spinal Cord Injury - Bowel management and Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Foot Care and Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Pressure relief technique and Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Reintegration to school after spinal cord injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Relationships, Sexuality, Fertility and Spinal Cord Injury
- Split Tibialis Anterior Tendon Transfer (SPLATT)
- Swaddling - how this affects baby hips
- Tethered cord syndrome
- Trigger thumb
- Varising Derotation Osteotomy (VDRO) SCH
- Varus Derotation Osteotomy (VDRO) CHW & HNE
- Wheelchair
- Wrist buckle fracture
Brain | Spinal cord | Neurology
- Abusive Head Trauma (AHT)
- Arterio-venous malformation (AVM) of the brain
- Brain death
- Cerebral Palsy (CP)
- Concussion and mild head injury
- Developmental delay
- Femoral derotation osteotomy (FDO)
- Fever - Febrile convulsions
- General Movements Assessment - information for parents
- Headaches in children
- Intellectual disability
- Meningitis
- Meningococcal infection
- Migraine in children
- Pneumococcal disease, immunisation and your family
- Seizures and Epilepsy
- Spina Bifida
- Spina Bifida - Adolescents and adults with Spina Bifida
- Spina Bifida - Antenatal Consultation in Spina Bifida
- Spina Bifida - Be active adolescents and adults
- Spina Bifida - Be active kids with Spina Bifida
- Spina Bifida - Bladder Management and Spina Bifida
- Spina Bifida - Care of a newborn baby with Spina Bifida
- Spina Bifida - Dealing with Anxiety, Grief and Loss
- Spina Bifida - Equipment needs
- Spina Bifida - Foot care
- Spina Bifida - Healthy Lifestyle for Spina Bifida
- Spina Bifida - Hospital admissions
- Spina Bifida - Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida
- Spina Bifida - Introduction to bowel management and Spina Bifida
- Spina Bifida - Lipomas and Lipomyelomeningoceles
- Spina Bifida - Living well with Spina Bifida
- Spina Bifida - Lower limb paralysis and Spina Bifida
- Spina Bifida - Making decisions about treatments in Spina Bifida
- Spina Bifida - Pressure relief technique (weight shifts) and Spina Bifida
- Spina Bifida - Protecting your skin
- Spina Bifida - Relationships and Sexuality
- Spina Bifida - Role of the treating team: Occupational Therapy
- Spina Bifida - Role of the treating team: Physiotherapy
- Spina Bifida - Role of the treating team: Social Work
- Spina Bifida - Spinal Cord Surgeries and Complications
- Spina Bifida - Transition to School
- Spinal Cord Injury - Be active Adolescents with Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Be active Kids with Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Bladder Management
- Spinal Cord Injury - Bowel management and Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Dealing with Anxiety, Grief and Loss
- Spinal Cord Injury - Foot Care and Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Healthy Lifestyle
- Spinal Cord Injury - Hospital admissions and Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Making decisions about treatments in Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Pressure relief technique and Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Reintegration to school after spinal cord injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Relationships, Sexuality, Fertility and Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Starting school and spinal cord injury
- Tethered cord syndrome
Cancer | Tumours | Oncology
Chronic illness | Inflammatory
- Chronic illness
- Coeliac disease
- OA/TOF: Oesophageal atresia and/or tracheo-oesophageal fistula
- Spina Bifida - Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida
Common childhood illness
- Abdominal Pain (Stomach Ache)
- Appendicitis
- Asthma - Schools and child services action plan for asthma flare up
- Asthma and your child: A resource pack for parents and carers
- Asthma medication inhalation devices
- Asthma medicines
- Asthma- Daily asthma symptoms diary
- Asthma- Good asthma control checklist
- Breath holding spells
- Common newborn concerns
- Constipation
- Eczema
- Eczema: Wet Dressing
- Fever
- Fever - Febrile convulsions
- Gastroenteritis
- Immunisation - information on the diseases covered
- Impetigo
- Influenza
- Jaundice in newborn babies
- Meningitis
- Meningococcal infection
- Pneumococcal disease, immunisation and your family
- Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
- Seizures and Epilepsy
- Signs of serious illness in children
- Slapped cheek disease or Fifth disease (Parvovirus)
- Sore throat
- Tonsillectomy
- Urinary tract infection in children
- Wheeze - Viral induced wheeze
- Whooping cough
Common problems
- Adenoidectomy
- Anterior knee pain in children and adolescents
- Appendicitis
- Bedwetting
- Breastfeeding - Expressing, handling and storage of breast milk
- Breath holding spells
- Common newborn concerns
- Congenital Talipes Equinovarus (Clubfoot)
- Constipation
- Crying Baby
- Daytime wetting
- Ear problems in children
- Evaluating health information on the Internet
- Fever
- Food safety
- Headaches in children
- Hernia - Inguinal
- Hernia - Umbilical
- Intoeing in children (pigeon toes)
- Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease
- Medication compliance
- Migraine in children
- Nappy rash
- Nightmares and night terrors
- Positional plagiocephaly
- Reflux
- Scoliosis
- Sleep - Normal sleep patterns 0 - 16 years
- Tonsillectomy
Deafness | Hearing | Audiology
- Ear problems in children
- Ears - Can your child hear?
- Ears - Glue ear and grommets
- Ears - Hearing loss in children with Down syndrome
- Ears - Hearing loss in One Ear: Babies & PreSchool Children
- Ears - The Inheritance of hearing loss and deafness
- Ears - Unilateral (single sided) hearing loss: The school child
- Microtia
- Otitis media with effusion (Middle Ear Infection)
Death | Organ donation
Development | Behavioural
- Breath holding spells
- Common newborn concerns
- Medical play
- Nightmares and night terrors
- Screen time and children
- Sleep - Normal sleep patterns 0 - 16 years
- Swaddling - how this affects baby hips
- Trichotillomania
Digestive | Gastroenterology
- Coeliac disease
- Constipation
- Fundoplication
- Gastroenteritis
- Gastrostomy
- Malrotation and volvulus
- OA/TOF: Eating and drinking considerations for OA/TOF children: 1 year and older
- OA/TOF: Extra nutrition support for OA/TOF children: 6 months and older
- OA/TOF: Oesophageal atresia and/or tracheo-oesophageal fistula
- Reflux
- Small high powered magnets
- Spina Bifida - Introduction to bowel management and Spina Bifida
- Spinal Cord Injury - Bowel management and Spinal Cord Injury
- Tube feeding - Caring for your child’s Nasogastric tube
- Tube feeding - Common problems with your child’s gastrostomy button
- Tube feeding - Common tolerance problems your child may experience while tube feeding
- Tube feeding - Gastrostomy
- Tube feeding - Looking after your child’s feeding equipment
- Tube feeding - The importance of a clean mouth
- Tube feeding - Trans-gastric Jejunal feeding device
- Tube feeding - Transitioning from tube to oral feeding
- Tube feeding - What is tube feeding?
- Tube feeding - Your child's new gastrostomy button
- Tube feeding - Your child’s tube feeding formula
Disability
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Cerebral Palsy (CP)
- Choosing my team
- Conversations with child care and pre-school: for children with developmental delay or disability
- Developmental delay
- Intellectual disability
- Seizures and Epilepsy
- Spina Bifida - Role of the treating team: Social Work
- Spinal Cord Injury - Healthy Lifestyle
- Spinal Cord Injury - Making decisions about treatments in Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Pressure relief technique and Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Reintegration to school after spinal cord injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Relationships, Sexuality, Fertility and Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Starting school and spinal cord injury
- Wheelchair
Ear | Nose | Throat
- Adenoidectomy
- Ear problems in children
- Ears - Can your child hear?
- Ears - Glue ear and grommets
- Tonsillectomy
- Tube feeding - Caring for your child’s Nasogastric tube
- Tube feeding - Common tolerance problems your child may experience while tube feeding
- Tube feeding - Transitioning from tube to oral feeding
- Tube feeding - What is tube feeding?
Emotional | Mental health
- Anorexia nervosa in children and young people
- Anxiety
- Depression in children: What parents should know
- Disruptive behaviours in children: What parents should know
- Spina Bifida - Dealing with Anxiety, Grief and Loss
- Spinal Cord Injury - Dealing with Anxiety, Grief and Loss
Eyes | Sight | Ophthalmology
- Eyes - Congenital cataracts
- Eyes - How to make an eye patch
- Eyes - Your baby’s eyes
- Eyes - Your child's visual rehabilitation after cataract surgery
Face | Mouth | Speech
- Language development – the early years
- Oral health and medications for children with a heart condition
- Oral health for children with a heart condition
- Stuttering
Family support | Information
- Anaesthesia and day surgery
- Asthma and your child: A resource pack for parents and carers
- Asthma medication inhalation devices
- Asthma medicines
- Back Care - Looking after your back - for parents and carers
- Bedwetting
- Children’s painful procedures and operations
- COVID-19 - Caring for low risk COVID-19 positive children
- E-cigarettes and Vaping
- Food - Healthy Snack Choices
- Home Oxygen Therapy
- Hydration and the active child: making sure your child has enough water
- Infant Formula
- Medical play
- Medication compliance
- Migraine in children
- Organ donation
- Signs of serious illness in children
- Sleep - Respiratory Support Service (RSS): Equipment Hire
- Sleep screen (trolley) study
- Sleep study
- Spina Bifida - Antenatal Consultation in Spina Bifida
- Spina Bifida - Dealing with Anxiety, Grief and Loss
- Spina Bifida - Equipment needs
- Spina Bifida - Hospital admissions
- Spina Bifida - Living well with Spina Bifida
- Spina Bifida - Making decisions about treatments in Spina Bifida
- Spina Bifida - Role of the treating team: Social Work
- Spina Bifida - Transition to School
- Spinal Cord Injury - Dealing with Anxiety, Grief and Loss
- Spinal Cord Injury - Making decisions about treatments in Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Pressure relief technique and Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Reintegration to school after spinal cord injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Starting school and spinal cord injury
- Surgery - How do I prepare my child for planned surgery
- Tissue donation
- Travelling with respiratory support equipment
- Wheelchair
Feeding | Nutrition | Hydration
- Allergy - Fruit and vegetable allergy
- Breastfeeding
- Breastfeeding - Expressing, handling and storage of breast milk
- Breastfeeding... Is it for me?
- Coeliac disease
- Common newborn concerns
- Food - Baby's first foods
- Food - Fussy eating in toddlers
- Food - Healthy eating for toddlers
- Food - Healthy Snack Choices
- Food - High Energy Eating for Children
- Food - High Energy Eating for Infants 6-12 months
- Food - Vegetarian eating in children
- Food - Ways to boost iron intake for babies, toddlers and children
- Food intake record
- Food safety
- Hydration and the active child: making sure your child has enough water
- Infant Formula
- OA/TOF: Eating and drinking considerations for OA/TOF children: 1 year and older
- OA/TOF: Extra nutrition support for OA/TOF children: 6 months and older
- Parenteral nutrition
- Reflux
- Tube feeding - Caring for your child’s Nasogastric tube
- Tube feeding - Common problems with your child’s gastrostomy button
- Tube feeding - Common tolerance problems your child may experience while tube feeding
- Tube feeding - Gastrostomy
- Tube feeding - Looking after your child’s feeding equipment
- Tube feeding - The importance of a clean mouth
- Tube feeding - Trans-gastric Jejunal feeding device
- Tube feeding - Transitioning from tube to oral feeding
- Tube feeding - What is tube feeding?
- Tube feeding - Your child's new gastrostomy button
- Tube feeding - Your child’s tube feeding formula
Heart | Cardiac
- Anaesthesia for cardiac surgery
- CPVT - Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
- Fontan - Getting a job with a Fontan circulation
- Fontan circulation - Driving with a Fontan circulation
- Fontan circulation - Getting insurance with a Fontan circulation
- Fontan circulation - Taking risks with a Fontan circulation
- Fontan circulation - Transitioning to Adult Health Services with a Fontan circulation - Checklist
- Fontan circulation - Transitioning to the adult health service with a Fontan circulation
- Fontan circulation and arrhythmia
- Fontan circulation and the liver
- Fontan circulation, exercise and living a healthy lifestyle
- Fontan circulation, sexual health and pregnancy
- Kawasaki disease
- Long QT syndrome
- Oral health and medications for children with a heart condition
- Oral health for children with a heart condition
- Patent ductus arteriosus in the premature infant
- Post cardiac surgery discharge information - CHW
- Tetralogy of Fallot Spells
- The inherited arrythmia clinic
Immunisation
- Immunisation - information on the diseases covered
- Influenza
- Pneumococcal disease, immunisation and your family
- Whooping cough
Infectious diseases
- Chickenpox
- COVID-19 - Caring for low risk COVID-19 positive children
- COVID-19 - Recovering from COVID-19
- Croup
- Cutaneous leishmaniasis
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
- Fever
- Gastroenteritis
- Hepatitis B virus infection in infants and children
- Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Children
- Immunisation
- Impetigo
- Influenza
- Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease
- Kawasaki disease
- Meningitis
- Meningococcal infection
- Multi-resistant organisms (MRO)
- Pneumococcal disease, immunisation and your family
- Pneumonia
- Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
- Slapped cheek disease or Fifth disease (Parvovirus)
- Sore throat
- Tuberculosis (TB)
- Whooping cough
Injury | Accident | Poisoning
- Abdominal Organs Injuries (Spleen, Liver and Kidney)
- Abusive Head Trauma (AHT)
- Bites and stings
- Burn injuries: Care advice
- Button batteries
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Lead
- Poisonous or harmful plants
- Poisons
- Small high powered magnets
- Spinal Cord Injury - Be active Adolescents with Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Be active Kids with Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Bladder Management
- Spinal Cord Injury - Bowel management and Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Dealing with Anxiety, Grief and Loss
- Spinal Cord Injury - Foot Care and Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Healthy Lifestyle
- Spinal Cord Injury - Hospital admissions and Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Making decisions about treatments in Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Pressure relief technique and Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Reintegration to school after spinal cord injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Relationships, Sexuality, Fertility and Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Starting school and spinal cord injury
Kidney | Urinary
- Abdominal Organs Injuries (Spleen, Liver and Kidney)
- Hydroceles
- Hypospadias
- Indwelling Urinary Catheter
- Liver biopsy
- Nuclear Medicine DMSA Scan
- Spina Bifida - Bladder Management and Spina Bifida
- Spinal Cord Injury - Bladder Management
- Undescended testes
- Urinary tract infection in children
- Vesicostomy
Liver | Hepatology
Lungs | Respiratory | Sleep
- Asthma - Schools and child services action plan for asthma flare up
- Asthma and your child: A resource pack for parents and carers
- Asthma medication inhalation devices
- Asthma medicines
- Asthma- Daily asthma symptoms diary
- Asthma- Good asthma control checklist
- Bronchiolitis
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Chronic neonatal lung disease
- COVID-19 - Caring for low risk COVID-19 positive children
- COVID-19 - Recovering from COVID-19
- Croup
- E-cigarettes and Vaping
- Home Oxygen Therapy
- Hypertonic Saline - How to use at home
- Influenza
- Nightmares and night terrors
- OA/TOF: Oesophageal atresia and/or tracheo-oesophageal fistula
- Passive smoking
- Pneumococcal disease, immunisation and your family
- Pneumonia
- Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
- Sleep - Bi-Level Ventilation
- Sleep - CPAP care and maintenance of equipment
- Sleep - CPAP Ventilation
- Sleep - Humidification for CPAP and Bi-Level Machines
- Sleep - Normal sleep patterns 0 - 16 years
- Sleep - Respiratory Support Service (RSS): Equipment Hire
- Sleep screen (trolley) study
- Sleep study
- Travelling with respiratory support equipment
- Wheeze - Viral induced wheeze
- Whooping cough
Obesity | Healthy weight
- Obesity - A healthy lifestyle for a healthy weight
- Obesity - For my adolescent with a weight problem: Where to from here?
- Obesity - For my child with a weight problem: Where to from here?
- Obesity - How do I know if my child has a weight problem
- Obesity - How to get kids to be more active
- Obesity - How to talk to your child about their weight: a guide for parents and carers
- Obesity - Losing weight: why the whole family needs to be involved
- Obesity - Preventing Holiday Weight Gain - Managing the School Holiday Period
- Obesity - Weight management tip: Improve your child’s sleep
- Obesity - Weight management tips for parents and carers
- Obesity - Weight management tips for parents and carers: Helping your adolescent to lose weight
- Screen time and children
Pain management
- Anterior knee pain in children and adolescents
- Burn injuries: Care advice
- Children’s painful procedures and operations
- Comforting your baby during painful procedures
- Epidurals
- Headaches in children
- Medication compliance
- Opioid (pain reliever) infusion
- Pain - the facts
Palliative care
- Breast care for breastfeeding mothers after the death of a child
- Paediatric palliative care: factsheet for families
- Pain - the facts
Rehabilitation | Physiotherapy
- Spina Bifida - Pressure relief technique (weight shifts) and Spina Bifida
- Spina Bifida - Role of the treating team: Occupational Therapy
- Spina Bifida - Role of the treating team: Physiotherapy
- Spinal Cord Injury - Pressure relief technique and Spinal Cord Injury
Skin | Dermatology
- Allergy - Food Allergies and Eczema
- Burn injuries: Care advice
- Cutaneous leishmaniasis
- Eczema
- Eczema: Wet Dressing
- Haemangiomas
- Henoch-Schoenlein Purpura (HSP)
- Hives (Urticaria)
- Impetigo
- Poisonous or harmful plants
- Pressure injuries
- Slapped cheek disease or Fifth disease (Parvovirus)
- Spina Bifida - Protecting your skin
Surgery | Anaesthesia
- Adenoidectomy
- Anaesthesia and day surgery
- Anaesthesia and risk in infants
- Anaesthesia for cardiac surgery
- Appendicitis
- Burn injuries: Care advice
- Children’s painful procedures and operations
- Cuffed Tunnelled Central Venous Catheter (CVC) - Central Line
- Dega osteotomy
- Fundoplication
- Gastrostomy
- Hernia - Inguinal
- Hernia - Umbilical
- Hydroceles
- Hypospadias
- Indwelling Urinary Catheter
- Lateral column lengthening of the foot
- Malrotation and volvulus
- Midline
- Non Tunnelled Central Venous Catheter
- Pain - the facts
- Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs)
- Port - Implantable Venous Access Device
- Small high powered magnets
- Spina Bifida - Hospital admissions
- Spina Bifida - Lipomas and Lipomyelomeningoceles
- Spina Bifida - Spinal Cord Surgeries and Complications
- Spinal Cord Injury - Hospital admissions and Spinal Cord Injury
- Split Tibialis Anterior Tendon Transfer (SPLATT)
- Surgery - How do I prepare my child for planned surgery
- Tethered cord syndrome
- Tonsillectomy
- Uncuffed tunnelled central venous catheter
- Undescended testes
- Varising Derotation Osteotomy (VDRO) SCH
- Varus Derotation Osteotomy (VDRO) CHW & HNE
- Vesicostomy
Teenagers | Young people
- E-cigarettes and Vaping
- Obesity - For my adolescent with a weight problem: Where to from here?
- Sleep - Normal sleep patterns 0 - 16 years
- Spina Bifida - Adolescents and adults with Spina Bifida
- Spina Bifida - Be active adolescents and adults
- Spina Bifida - Relationships and Sexuality
- Spinal Cord Injury - Be active Adolescents with Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury - Relationships, Sexuality, Fertility and Spinal Cord Injury
- Transition - Financial issues
- Transition - GPs
- Transition - Growing Up and Moving On: Transition Planning Information
- Transition - Is your teen ready?
Teeth | Dental
- Teeth - Caring for your child's teeth
- Teeth - Tooth development
- Teeth - What to do if a child knocks out their adult front tooth
- Tube feeding - The importance of a clean mouth
Tests | Procedures | Diagnostics
- Anaesthesia and day surgery
- Anaesthesia and risk in infants
- Anaesthesia for cardiac surgery
- Analgesia - Patient or nurse controlled
- Blood tests - Venepuncture
- Blood transfusion
- Catheterisation and supra pubic urine aspiration
- Colonoscopy
- Congenital Talipes Equinovarus (Clubfoot)
- Contrast enema
- Contrast swallow, contrast meal and follow through
- CT scan (computerised tomography)
- Epidurals
- General Movements Assessment - information for parents
- Immunisation
- Immunisation - information on the diseases covered
- Intravenous pyelogram (IVP)
- IV - The facts about drips
- Lateral column lengthening of the foot
- Lumbar puncture
- Mantoux skin test
- Micturating Cysto Uretherogram (MCU)
- Micturating Cysto Uretherogram (MCU) - CHW
- MRE Scan for Crohn's Disease
- MRI scan
- Nitrous oxide
- Nuclear Medicine Bone Scan
- Nuclear Medicine DMSA Scan
- Opioid (pain reliever) infusion
- Patent ductus arteriosus in the premature infant
- Physiotherapy for children after heart surgery
- Radiation... and its uses in Hospitals for Diagnostic Testing
- Sedation - Procedural sedation
- Surgery - How do I prepare my child for planned surgery
- Sweat test
- Upper endoscopy
- Varising Derotation Osteotomy (VDRO) SCH
- Varus Derotation Osteotomy (VDRO) CHW & HNE
- Vesicostomy
Vascular access
- Care of the intravenous cannula at home
- Care of the Midline at home
- Care of the PICC at home
- Cuffed Tunnelled Central Venous Catheter (CVC) - Central Line
- Midline
- Non Tunnelled Central Venous Catheter
- Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs)
- Port - Implantable Venous Access Device
- Uncuffed tunnelled central venous catheter