Airborne and Contact Precautions:  Hospital procedures to prevent the spread of germs. 

Auditory Evoked Potential (for Neurological Assessment Purposes):  A test to check the nerve pathways between the ears and brain. See also: Brainstem Auditory Evoked Response (BAER or ABR), Sedation for a Procedure, Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Barium Enema:  Barium, a type of contrast fluid, is put into the colon so it can be seen on X-rays. What to expect and how to prepare and support your child. See also: Barium Exam: Care at Home, Nitrous Oxide for Sedation, Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Barium Exam: Care at Home:  Barium, a type of contrast fluid, is put into a part of the body so it can be seen on the X-rays. How to help your child get rid of the barium, and what to watch for. See also: Video Fluoroscopic Swallow, Barium Enema

Blood Transfusion Identification: Hmong, Spanish An ID band safely identifies your child when blood samples are given. See also: Blood Transfusion Information, Blood Transfusion: Care at Home

Blood Transfusion Information: Hmong, Spanish Explains "whole-blood" and blood-component transfusions: purposes and risks. See also: Blood Transfusion Identification, Blood Transfusion: Care at Home

Blood Transfusion: Care at Home: Hmong, Spanish What to watch for after your child's transfusion of blood or blood products. See also: Blood Transfusion Information, Blood Transfusion Identification

Bone Marrow Test: Spanish Tests a sample of marrow (a substance inside the bone) for certain diseases. See also: Pain in Children and Adolescents, Pain in Infants, Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Bone Scan:  An X-ray test to examine the bones. What to expect and how to prepare and support your child. See also: Helping Children Cope With Medical Procedures

Botulinum Toxin for Spasticity:  Sometimes used to treat certain muscle groups: what to expect, possible side effects. See also: Pain in Children and Adolescents, Sedation for a Procedure, Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Brainstem Auditory Evoked Response (BAER or ABR): Spanish Measures how the ear receives sound and sends it to the brain. See also: Auditory Evoked Potential (for neurological assessment purposes), Hearing and Speech Development, Sedation for a Procedure, Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Breast pumping shouldn't hurt:   

Breastfeeding: solving early problems:   

Bronchiolitis: Hmong, Spanish Infection and swelling of the bronchioles (small airways in the lungs), which makes it hard to breathe. See also: Nebulizer Treatments, Secondhand Smoke: Protecting Your Family

Bronchoscopy: Care at Home:  Examination of the respiratory tract including the trachea, larynx, and bronchial tubes. See also: Pain in Children and Adolescents, Pain in Infants, Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Cardiac Catheterization: Care at Home: Hmong, Spanish A tube is threaded through a vein or artery into the heart: how to care for your child after the procedure. See also: Pain in Children and Adolescents, Pain in Infants, Pulmonary Stents, Sedation for a Procedure, Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Cardiac Stress Test:  This test measures heart function during exercise. 

Cardiac Telemetry:  A system to continuously measure heart rhythm and rate while your child is a patient at the hospital. 

Celecoxib (Celebrex):  Used to relieve pain and inflammation (swelling). 

Cold Air Challenge:  A breathing test to check for asthma or exercise-induced asthma. See also: Asthma, Asthma Trigger Control, Bronchodilators (quick-acting inhaled), Inhalers

Colonoscopy: Care at Home: Spanish Home care after an examination of the inside of the colon (large intestine). See also: Pain in Children and Adolescents, Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Computed Tomography Scan (CT scan):  A CT scanner makes cross-sectional images (pictures) of body tissues. What to expect and how to prepare and support your child. See also: Sedation for a Procedure, Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Care at Home:  Caring for an infant who has had surgery to close an opening in the diaphragm. See also: Pain in Infants, Anesthesia: Questions and Answers, Post-anesthesia Care Unit

Contact and Droplet Precautions:  Hospital procedures to prevent the spread of germs. 

Contact Precautions:  Hospital procedures to prevent the spread of germs. 

Cystoscopy: Care at Home:  Caring for your child after a procedure to look at the inside of the bladder. See also: Pain in Children and Adolescents

Dialysis:  When the kidneys fail to cleanse the blood, dialysis serves this purpose. The three types of dialysis and how to prepare your child. See also: Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, Pain in Children and Adolescents, Pain in Infants, Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Directed blood donations:   

Droplet Precautions:  Hospital procedures to prevent the spread of germs. 

Eating and drinking before anesthesia or sedation: Somali, Spanish Gives a schedule for what and when a child can eat before procedures involving anesthesia or sedation, and why this is important. See also: Anesthesia: Questions and Answers, Sedation for a Procedure

Echocardiogram:  A test that uses sound waves to help identify the cause of some heart problems. See also: Cardiac Conditions: Care at Home, Sedation for a Procedure

Electrocardiogram:  A test that measures the heartbeat's speed and rhythm. Helps identify the cause of some heart problems and determine the effects of heart medicines. See also: Cardiac Conditions: Care at Home

Electroencephalogram:  A test that records the electrical activity of the brain. See also: Seizures, Sedation for a Procedure, Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Electroencephalogram (ambulatory):  How to prepare your child for an at-home electroencephalogram, what to do and what to expect. See also: Seizures, Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Electroencephalogram (Ambulatory): Instructions:  Specific instructions for an electoencephalogram with your child at home. See also: Seizures

Electroencephalogram (Video):  How to prepare your child for an electroencephalogram that records the brain's electrical activity along with a video of the child's activities. See also: Seizures

Electromyogram (EMG) and Nerve Conduction Study (NCS):  These two tests evaluate the causes of muscle problems such as numbness, tingling, pain, weakness, and cramping. See also: Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Emergency Mental Health Care:  Emergency treatments that may be needed in the hospital to keep your child, you, other patients, and staff safe. See also: Safe Room Care

Endocrine Testing:  This test will help your doctor determine how well your child's endocrine system is working. See also: Anesthetic cream (EMLA; LMX4), Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Endoscopy: Care at Home: Spanish Caring for your child after an examination of the esophagus, stomach, and/or first part of the small intestine. See also: Pain in Children and Adolescents

Gastric Empty Scan:  An X-ray test to see how well the stomach empties. What to expect and how to prepare and support your child. See also: Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Gastroesophageal Reflux Scan:  An X-ray test to check whether stomach contents back up into the esophagus or lungs. What to expect and how to prepare and support your child. See also: Gastroesophageal Reflux, Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Gastrografin Enema:  Gastrografin is put into the colon to help clean stool out of the large intestine. It is a contrast fluid, so it can be seen on X-rays. What to expect and how to prepare and support your child. See also: Nitrous Oxide for Sedation, Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures:  Why and how to prepare children for medical procedures. Ideas for helping them while waiting, during the procedure, and afterwards. 

Intravenous Therapy:  Why an IV is needed, precautions staff take to prevent problems with the IV, and how you can help. See also: Central Venous Catheter: Care at Home, Implanted Port: Care at Home, Peripheral IV: Care at Home, Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter: Care at Home

Keeping Your Child Safe at Children's: Hmong, Somali, Spanish Recommendations to help keep patients safe while at Children’s of Minnesota 

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI):  An MRI scanner uses a large magnet and radio waves to make three dimensional images of body tissues. What to expect and how to prepare and support your child. See also: Sedation for a Procedure, Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Memory Monitor Unit:  An overnight recording of a baby's breathing effort, heart rate, and oxygen level, whenever they fall outside of a set range. 

Methacholine Challenge:  A breathing test that checks for asthma or exercise-induced asthma. 

Moving Patients Safely:  Explains which patients need a mechanical lift to help move them, how it works, and how it feels. 

Passive range of motion for children: Lower extremities:   

Passive range of motion for children: Upper extremities:   

Passive range of motion for infants: Lower extremities:   

Passive range of motion for infants: Upper extremities:   

Patient Safety: Keeping Your Child Safe at Children's:  Recommendations to help keep patients safe while at Children’s of Minnesota 

Pneumogram:  An overnight recording of breathing, heart rate, oxygen level, and air flow to the lungs during sleep. 

Pregnancy testing before a procedure:  Explains why and how pregnancy testing is done before procedures such as surgery or certain tests. 

Pulmonary Function Test:  A breathing test to help determine if a child's lungs are working properly. See also: Asthma, Asthma Medicines, Cold Air Challenge, Pulmonary Function Test

Radionuclide Cystogram (RNC):  An X-ray test to detect urinary reflux. How to help your child before, during, and after the test. See also: After a Urinary Catheter, Nitrous Oxide for Sedation, Vesicoureteral Reflux, Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Renal Scan or DMSA Scan:  An X-ray test to determine how the kidneys are working. How to help your child before, during, and after the test. See also: Nitrous Oxide for Sedation, Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Renogram:  An X-ray test to determine how the kidneys are working. How to help your child before, during, and after the test. See also: Nitrous Oxide for Sedation, Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Renogram with Lasix:  An X-ray test to determine how the kidneys are working. The test uses Lasix, a medicine that helps the kidneys produce urine more quickly. How to help your child before, during, and after the test. See also: After a Urinary Catheter, Nitrous Oxide for Sedation, Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Renogram with Vasotec:  An X-ray test to determine how the kidneys are working. The test uses Vasotec, a medicine that treats high blood pressure and kidney disease. How to help your child before, during, and after the test. See also: Nitrous Oxide for Sedation, Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Routine Airborne Precautions:  Hospital procedures to prevent the spread of germs. 

Safe Patient Handling:  Explains which patients need a mechanical lift to help move them, how it works, and how it feels. No related documents. 

Safe Room Care:  Children's Hospitals and Clinics takes special measures to ensure your child's safety while in the hospital. See also: Emergency Mental Health Care

Sedation: Extended Observation:  Explains which patients need 12 hour observation after sedation, what will happen, and how to prepare for the stay. See also: Sedation For A Procedure

Skin biopsy (punch type):  Explains how a punch type skin biopsy is done, and home care of the site afterwards. See also: Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Somatosensory Evoked Potential:  A test that checks the nerve pathways between the arms or legs and the brain. See also: Sedation for a Procedure, Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Special Airborne Precautions:  Hospital procedures to prevent the spread of germs. 

Stool Sample Collection at Home: Hmong, Somali, Spanish How to collect and store a sample of stool (bowel movement) for testing. 

Submaximal Exercise Test:  A painless, safe breathing test for exercise-induced asthma. 

Tuberculosis Skin Test: Hmong, Somali, Spanish A test for exposure to the lung disease tuberculosis: why it is needed and how it is done. See also: Tuberculosis, Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Ultrasound:  Uses sound waves to produce pictures of body organs and tissues. What to expect and how to prepare and support your child. See also: Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Upper Gastrointestinal Series:  Your child will swallow barium, a type of contrast fluid, so the esophagus, stomach, and small intestine can be seen on X-rays. What to expect and how to prepare and support your child. See also: Barium Exam: Care at Home, Nitrous Oxide for Sedation, Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Urine Collection (Timed):  How to collect urine samples over a specified time period for testing. 

Urodynamic Studies:  Describes tests involved in study of the bladder function, and how to prepare your child. See also: After a Urinary Catheter, Urinary Tract Infection, Vesicoureteral Reflux, Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Video Fluoroscopic Swallow: Spanish A video X-ray of a child's swallowing; helps determine cause of trouble with breathing or eating. See also: Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Visual Evoked Potential:  A test to check the nerve pathways between the eyes and the brain. See also: Sedation for a Procedure, Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Voiding Cystourethrogram for Boys:  An X-ray test to see how the urinary system is working, and how to help your child before, during, and after the test. See also: After a Urinary Catheter, Nitrous Oxide for Sedation, Vesicoureteral Reflux, Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures

Voiding Cystourethrogram for Girls:  An X-ray test to see how the urinary system is working, and how to help your child before, during, and after the test. See also: After a Urinary Catheter, Nitrous Oxide for Sedation, Vesicoureteral Reflux, Helping Children Cope with Medical Procedures