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Sedation (Child) [English] Permalink Public

Sedation is medicine to make your child sleepy or more comfortable during a hospital test or treatment. This information will help you prepare your child for his test or treatment. It describes what sedation is, what happens when your child gets sedation, and how to care for your child after the test or treatment. (English)

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http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/En/HealthAZ/TestsAnd...

Echocardiogram (Child) [English] Permalink Public

​This factsheet provides an overview about echocardiogram including getting ready for an echocardiogram, what will happen during the echocardiogram, and helping your child prepare for the echocardiogram. Audio available. (English)

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https://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/Article?contentid=1...

Hearing Tests for Infants and Children [English] Permalink Public

HealthLinkBC Health File information about hearing tests for children including routine screening, why children need to have their hearing screened, what you can do if you think your child has hearing loss, and types of hearing tests. Number 71b. (English)

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Meningitis (Child) [English] Permalink Public

Meningitis (say: men-in-JIE-tis) is an infection of the fluid around a person's spinal cord and brain. This fluid is called cerebrospinal fluid or CSF. Meningitis is sometimes called spinal meningitis. Audio available. (English)

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http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/En/HealthAZ/Conditio...

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Echocardiogram (Child) [Chinese - Traditional] Permalink Public

​This factsheet provides an overview about echocardiogram including getting ready for an echocardiogram, what will happen during the echocardiogram, and helping your child prepare for the echocardiogram. Audio available. (Chinese - Traditional)

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http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/En/HealthAZ/Multilin...

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Chinese - Traditional, Punjabi

Echocardiogram (Child) [Punjabi] Permalink Public

​This factsheet provides an overview about echocardiogram including getting ready for an echocardiogram, what will happen during the echocardiogram, and helping your child prepare for the echocardiogram. Audio available. (Punjabi)

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http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/En/HealthAZ/Multilin...

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Chinese - Traditional, Punjabi

Hearing Tests for Infants and Children [French] Permalink Public

HealthLinkBC Health File information about hearing tests for children including routine screening, why children need to have their hearing screened, what you can do if you think your child has hearing loss, and types of hearing tests. Number 71b. (French)

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https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/sites/default/files/do...

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Electrocardiogram - ECG (Child) [English] Permalink Public

​This factsheet provides an overview about electrocardiogram. An electrocardiogram (ECG) is a test that records the electrical activity of your child's heart on a graph. Audio available. Also available in Arabic, Chinese Simplified and Traditional, French, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, Tamil, and Urdu. (English)

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http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/En/HealthAZ/TestsAnd...

Electroencephalogram - EEG (Child) [English] Permalink Public

​This factsheet provides an overview about electroencephalogram (EEG). Cells in the brain use low levels of electricity to communicate with each other. An electroencephalogram (EEG) measures this electricity over time. Audio available. (English)

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http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/En/HealthAZ/TestsAnd...

Kawasaki Disease (Child) [English] Permalink Public

Kawasaki disease causes inflammation or swelling of the blood vessels. It affects the coronary arteries, which carry blood and oxygen to the the heart muscles. Kawasaki disease usually causes these symptoms: 5 or more days of fever red or bloodshot eyes red lips, mouth, or tongue puffy or red hands and feet rash swollen glands in the neck Kawasaki disease is a rare illness. It usually affects children under the age of 5. But older children can also be affected. We do not know what causes Kawasaki disease. There is no specific test to diagnose it. We also do not know why some children get the disease and others do not. Audio available. (English)

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http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/En/HealthAZ/Conditio...