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Tunnelled Hemodialysis Line (Lower Mainland) [Chinese - Simplified] Permalink Public

This pamphlet provides a brief description of the medical imaging procedure tunnelled hemodialysis line including information on who will be performing procedure?, prior to procedure instructions, what happens during procedure?, will it hurt?, how long it will take?, risks or complications, what happens afterwards?, follow-up instructions and information on who to contact if experiencing problems. (Chinese - Simplified) Colour

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Talking to Children About Medical Assistance in Dying [Chinese - Simplified] Permalink Public

Many parents and caregivers wonder how best to talk to their children about death and dying. It can be especially challenging when someone in their life chooses Medical Assistance in Dying or MAiD. While every family has their own way of talking with each other, use this as a guide to help you talk to your children. (Chinese - Simplified) Colour

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Virtual Health: Connecting from Home Using WhatsApp (Fraser Health) [Chinese - Simplified] Permalink Public

Virtual Health allows you to see, hear, talk, and/or text to members of your healthcare team from your home. Here are some common questions about virtual health visits, how they are arranged, and risks related to using this type of technology. Specifically, it describes download and how to use WhatsApp for your scheduled Virtual Health Visits. (Chinese - Simplified) Colour

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Selective Nerve Root Block in Medical Imaging (Lower Mainland) [Chinese - Simplified] Permalink Public

This pamphlet provides a brief description of the medical imaging procedure selective nerve root block (SNRB), sometimes called a nerve block, including information on who will be performing procedure, how to prepare, what happens during procedure, will it hurt, how long it will take, risks or complications, what happens afterwards, follow-up instructions and information on who to contact if experiencing problems. (Chinese - Simplified) Colour

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Teaching Your Child To Use Eye Contact (Fraser Health) [Chinese - Simplified] Permalink Public

Eye contact is one of the earliest forms of communication that develops. We use eye contact to send a message and to make sure that our message has been received or understood. Some children have not yet learned to look at someone to get their needs met. We can try to teach them to look at us by using People Games. (Chinese - Simplified) Colour

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Viral Gastrointestinal Illness (Stomach Flu) How to prevent the spread of infection in hospital and at home [Chinese - Simplified] Permalink Public

Viral gastrointestinal illness, also known as stomach flu, is a common illness. It can occur as a case in just one person or can quickly spread through families and cause outbreaks. Outbreaks occur in the community every year. There are several different viruses that cause illness with vomiting and diarrhea. This fact sheet provides information about how to prevent the spread of infection in hospital ad at home. (Chinese - Simplified) Colour

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ElectroConvulsive Therapy (ECT) [Chinese - Simplified] Permalink Public

This treatment uses a small amount of electricity to produce a carefully controlled seizure in the brain. While we don’t know exactly how it works, the seizures change the chemicals in the brain, helping it to return to normal function. ECT is most often used to treat severe depression. It might be used when other treatments have not worked or when a mental illness needs to be treated right away. (Chinese - Simplified) Colour

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Candida auris (Fraser Health) [Chinese - Simplified] Permalink Public

Candida auris (or C. auris, say can-dee-da ow-ris) is a type of multi-drug resistant fungus. It was discovered in 2009 and has quickly spread to many countries. The medicines commonly used to treat other Candida infections often don’t work for this type of Candida (multi-drug resistant). It can cause serious infections that are difficult to treat. The factsheet describes the risks and actions to take to prevent the spread. (Chinese - Simplified) Colour

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Angiography/Angiogram (Lower Mainland) [Chinese - Simplified] Permalink Public

This pamphlet provides a brief description of the medical imaging procedure angiography/angiogram including information on who will be performing procedure?, prior to procedure instructions, what happens during procedure?, will it hurt?, how long it will take?, risks or complications, what happens afterwards?, follow-up instructions and information on who to contact if experiencing problems. Angiography is procedure to look at arteries and veins in your body using x-rays. To help see the arteries and veins, an x‐ray dye (called contrast) is injected.This is called an angiogram. (Chinese - Simplified) Colour

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Radiologic Percutaneous Gastrostomy/Gastrojejunostomy (Lower Mainland) [Chinese - Simplified] Permalink Public

This pamphlet provides a brief description of the medical imaging procedure radiologic percutaneous gastrostomy/gastrojejunostomy including information on who will be performing procedure?, prior to procedure instructions, what happens during procedure?, will it hurt?, how long it will take?, risks or complications, what happens afterwards?, follow-up instructions and information on who to contact if experiencing problems. Radiologic Percutaneous Gastrostomy is a procedure where a special tube called a gastrostomy tube (G tube) is put into the stomach by going through the skin of the abdomen using X-ray to guide the procedure. (Chinese - Simplified) Colour

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