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Discharge Instructions: Flushing Your Central Venous Catheter
You are going home with a central line in place. This line carries medicine, fluids, or nutrition into your body. To keep the line clean and working well, it must be flushed regularly. Here's what you need to know.
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Discharge Instructions: Caring for Your Central Line
You are going home with a central line. This is a tube put in a vein that leads to your heart. It provides medicine during your treatment. Because a central line has a high infection risk, you must take extra care. This sheet will help you remember what to do at home.
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Discharge Instructions: Checking for Ketones
Learn about how to test for ketones in your blood or urine. The body needs glucose for energy. If it doesn't get the glucose it needs, it starts burning fat. This makes ketones. They can build up in the body and cause a dangerous condition called ketoacidosis.
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Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
A CPAP device helps you breathe better at night. The device delivers air through your nose or mouth when you breathe in to keep your air passages open.
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Discharge Instructions: Caring for Your Child’s Cranial Incision
The incision on your child's scalp was closed using stitches, surgical staples, or small white adhesive strips. These items must be cared for so that your child's incision heals correctly. Follow the tips on this sheet when caring for your child's incision at home.
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Discharge Instructions: Changing the Dressing on Your Central Line
Since a central line provides a direct path into your bloodstream, there is a high risk of infection when you change the dressing. Follow these step-by-step instructions to do this safely.
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Discharge Instructions: Having a Clear Liquid Diet
A clear liquid diet may be prescribed before or after certain surgeries or tests. This sheet can get you started.
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Discharge Instructions: Having a Full Liquid Diet
Certain conditions may require that you follow a full liquid diet for a period of time. This sheet will give you the basics.
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Discharge Instructions: Eating a Low-Copper Diet
If you have Wilson disease, you may be prescribed a low-copper diet. This sheet can help you get started.
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