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Visiting the Emergency Room
When you know about emergency services at Nationwide Children's Hospital, you will be prepared if your child needs unexpected emergency medical care.
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Cecostomy
This Helping Hand™ explains what a cecostomy is and the different types of cecostomy tubes used at Nationwide Children's Hospital. It also includes information on how to flush a cecostomy at home as well as how to clean and care for the cecostomy.
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Molluscum Contagiosum: What You Need to Know
Despite its big, scary-sounding name, molluscum contagiosum is a common and relatively harmless skin condition seen in many children. It comes in the form of bumps that range in size from a pinhead to a pencil eraser.
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Inhaled Corticosteroids for Asthma
Properly administer inhaled corticosteroids for asthma with this Helping Hand.
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Gastroschisis
When the muscles and skin fail to form normally in the abdominal wall, this results in an abdominal wall defect. Gastroschisis is the most common of the abdominal wall defects. Babies born with gastroschisis have a hole in the abdominal wall.
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Renovascular Hypertension
In some children, high blood pressure (hypertension) can be caused by a narrowing of the artery near the kidneys. This condition is called renal artery stenosis (RAS), and it can affect one side (unilateral) or both sides (bilateral). Although RAS is relatively uncommon, it can lead to severe high blood pressure and heart issues if it’s not diagnosed and treated properly.
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Lead Poisoning: Chelation Therapy
Some children with severe lead poisoning may need a medicine to help remove lead from their blood. Using medicine to take lead out of the blood is called chelation.
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Angiogram
Learn more about an angiogram, also called an arteriogram, which is a test that is done to study the size and shape of your child's blood vessels.
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Dental: Oral Sedation
Sedation can help your child feel less anxious, nervous or afraid, be more comfortable and stay still during the procedure.
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Ependymoma
Ependymomas are a type of a tumor that form in the brain or spinal cord (central nervous system) as a result of abnormal growth of ependymal cells.