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Angiography/Angiogram (Lower Mainland) [Punjabi] 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. (Punjabi) Colour

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Bronchoscopy (Surrey Memorial Hospital) [Punjabi] Permalink Public

A bronchoscopy is an examination of the lungs using a small flexible scope that is passed through the nose or mouth into the lungs. This allows the practitioner to examine the patient's airways for abnormalities such as foreign bodies, bleeding, tumors, or inflammation. This pamphlet describes what one can expect during and after the examination. (Punjabi) Black & White

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Your Heart Stress Test While in Hospital [Punjabi] Permalink Public

For people having a heart stress test during a hospital stay. A heart stress test is a way of finding out if one or more of your coronary arteries are blocked. This factsheet explains the 2 parts of the test and the 4 types of heart stress tests. (Punjabi) Colour

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Having an Ultrasound-guided Breast Biopsy (Lower Mainland) [Punjabi] Permalink Public

An ultrasound-guided breast biopsy means taking one or more samples of tissue to be examined by the laboratory. This sheet tells you what to expect. (Punjabi) Colour

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Heart Failure Zones [Punjabi] Permalink Public

Heart Failure Zones is part of a larger package of heart failure resources from the BC Heart Failure Network. (Punjabi) Colour

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How to collect a ‘Midstream’ urine sample for Women (Lower Mainland) [Punjabi] Permalink Public

‘Midstream’ is a way of collecting urine (pee) sample that is free of most germs normally on the skin. (Punjabi) Colour

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Information for patients having an Exercise Myocardial Perfusion Scan (MPRI/MIBI) [Punjabi] Permalink Public

The test is used to check for coronary artery disease. The coronary arteries are the blood vessels that supply blood to your heart muscle. (Punjabi)

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Information for patients having Dipyridamole (Persantine) Myocardial Perfusion Scan (MPI/MIBI) [Punjabi] Permalink Public

The test is used to check for coronary artery disease. The coronary arteries are the blood vessels that supply blood to your heart muscle. (Punjabi)

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How to collect a stool sample (Lower Mainland) [Punjabi] Permalink Public

Description of what you need and how to collect a stool (poop) sample for Culture and Sensitivity, Ova and Parasites, and Electrolytes, pH, Fat, Porphryins. (Punjabi) Colour

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Gastroscopy: Instructions for Going Home (Fraser Health) [Punjabi] Permalink Public

Instructions for how to care for yourself at home after a Gastroscopy, what the doctor found, and information on follow-up. (Punjabi) Colour

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