Your child’s health-care provider may recommend that you check your child’s blood pressure at home. Learn about blood pressure, instructions for taking blood pressure at home and what to do if it is too high or low.
Learn about the causes and treatment of hypertension, or high blood pressure.
After a heart transplant, your child will need a variety of medications, including immunosuppressants, drugs to prevent infection, and drugs to lower blood pressure.
Learn about pressure ulcers, who is at risk and how to prevent them.
Learn about positive airway pressure (CPAP and BPAP) and how it can be used to help your child while they sleep.
Information about what to eat to reduce the chances of side effects while taking prednisone.
Find out how to help your child manage their AEDs.
Learn about diagnosis of heart conditions in children. Patient histories, physical examinations, and the speed of the diagnosis itself are discussed.
Learn about the mixture of nutrients in parenteral nutrition (PN) and how to provide your child PN at home.
Find out what to expect as your child recovers from limb lengthening and reconstruction surgery.
Blood tests can help your health-care team diagnose cancer and see how your treatment is working. Discover how blood tests are done, the types of blood tests and why they are done.
An in-depth description of other diagnostic procedures, such as blood tests and x-rays, which are involved in the medical diagnosis of brain cancer.
Kidney disease may occur later in life as a result of diabetes. Learn about diabetic nephropathy, diagnosis and treatment.
The following information will help you to properly care for your child after vascular access surgery.
Learn about the medical tests your child takes after a blood and marrow transplant.
Read about fenestration closure after a Fontan operation, a surgery to close the hole between your child's heart and the tunnel that moves blood to the lungs.
Learn about your child's daily routine at home, after the blood and marrow transplant.
Find out what happens to the body and what treatments are available when kidneys fail.
Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a disease that affects the kidneys and other organs. This page explains what HUS is, how it affects your child, and what to expect during treatment.
A guide on giving your child tinzaparin injections at home. Also learn when to call your thrombosis team.
Obesity leads to a range of short- and long-term medical complications. Learn about the possible medical complications.
Learn how people with diabetes measure their blood sugar levels and why it is important to do so.
Find out how you can measure blood sugar levels at home and why this is important for your child.
